Prophecies and Chosen Ones

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 186798

> Alla:
> But I cannot help but think that Rick Riordan did way better job with the Prophecy by introducing excellent excellent twist at the end. Because seriously, I do know that Prophecy is a widespread device of the genre, but with all the talk of subverting it, transforming it, with the use of this plot device I quite honestly saw nothing of the sort.
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>  Were you initially disappointed when prophecy was introduced? Were you happy how Prophecy played out?

Zara:
I cannot address how Riordan used a prophecy as I have not read his series. But Rowling did try to fool us and throw in a twist. Did you know Harry was not going to die? The Prophecy, after all, does not state that Harry is the one who WILL defeat Voldemort, just that he has the power to do so. Perhaps it was by letting Voldemort kill him, his Zfinal Horcrux. ;-)

It did not fool me, but I did not worry much about the Prophecy and it was not the source of my certainty.