[HPforGrownups] Question about OotP

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 190552

On 6/16/2011 6:19 AM, Liz Clark wrote:
> I'm just starting to read Order of the Phoenix (currently on ch6) and am
> curious why Voldemort wanted the Prophecy. Now I think about it, I wonder
> this from watching the film (where this desire was never explained).
>
> Was Voldemort simply after finding out the whole Prophecy? Or was it, as
> suggested, powerful enough to be used for evil (like a weapon).
>
> Sorry if this has been asked before.

Bart:
     Voldemort makes a standard evil overlord mistake. Evil overlord, 
trying to cover all bases, sees a potential rival, tries to destroy the 
potential rival, and in the process causes his own downfall. Snape 
recognized the prophecy as a genuine vision, and passed along what he 
heard to Morty, which was probably (there is no canon on this, but it's 
the one that fits Morty's actions best), "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 ..." So, Morty decides, hey, 
let's kill him while he still can't do any harm. Big mistake on his 
part. So, naturally, Morty wants to know what the hell went wrong. And 
he never finds out.

     Bart