very basic confusion

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 163750

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Carol :
Once Voldemort had interpreted the Prophecy in that
> way, he had only two boys to choose from. He chose the half-blood
> rather than the pure-blood, in part, perhaps, from the resemblance to
> himself; in part, perhaps, because a July 31 birthday fit the Prophecy
> better than a July 30 birthday. (I don't doubt, though, that he
> intended to kill Neville, and perhaps his parents, for good measure.)

Finwitch:

I think we have a little in canon to say that Voldemort DID intend to 
kill both. Because of some DEs going to Longbottoms in search for him. 
I mean, why there?

1. when Bellatrix heard that Voldemort had disappeared from Codric 
Hollow, maybe she assumed that Voldemort simply apparated to Longbottom 
house, trusting the AK-curse to have killed off Harry.

2. Voldemort may have even pre-arranged it via Barty Crouch Jr. Not 
that he needed to tell them it was a baby he was after.

I think the DE-visit on Longbottoms is enough to say (along with 
Voldemort's pleasure in killing) that he DID intend to slay both.

Finwitch