Voldermort learning the prophecy?

Craig craigpb at fastmail.fm
Tue May 1 02:16:10 UTC 2007


No: HPFGUIDX 168160

> SSSusan:
> > See, that's just it. I can't figure out how knowing the full
> > prophecy WOULD change much. ??? So he'd know for certain
> > (if he interprets it how DD & Harry did) that either he's gotta
> > kill the little snot or the little snot's gonna kill him, but
> > since he's ALREADY determined to kill the little snot, it
> > wouldn't exactly mark a change in his strategy.

> houyhnhnm:
> Since *we* know the whole prophecy, we can see that LV's knowing
> it would not change much, but Voldemort doesn't know what it is
> he doesn't know.  So, for all he knows, the rest of the prophecy
> might contain the secret of Harry's defeat.

Craig:
They tried to get the prophecy, but once they were all destroyed,
there was no longer any use.  Snape probably knows it was Trelawney,
but since she doesn't remember it anyway, kidnapping her would make
no sense.  Only Dumbledore knew it and he is sadly dead.  Neither
Snape or Voldemort could know that Harry, Ron and Hermione know it as
well.

Plus the prophecy wouldn't reveal anything new anyway.  So that
plotline was finished.





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