[HPforGrownups] The Effect of the Prophecy

[Janette]

No: HPFGUIDX 169164

Charmed Force wrote:

> I will fully admit that I am definitely a skimmer, and I tend to be
> very selfish and insensitive and completely incapable of understanding
> why people focus so much on one point, so I guess I need help figuring
> this out.
>
> What's the big deal with the second half of the Prophecy? I mean,
> really, we already knew it was kill or be killed.
>
> The first part:
> "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches… born to
> those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies…and
> the Dark Lord shall mark him as his equal, but he will have power the
> Dark Lord knows not…"
>
> The second part:
> "and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live
> while the other survives…the one with the power to vanquish the Dark
> Lord will be born as the seventh month dies…"


montims:
I think the controversy arises because it isn't clear who "either...other"
and "neither...either" are...  LV has evidently skewed the prophecy by
taking action, but the original meaning is amiguous...


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