Re: The Prophecy From Voldemort’s POV (long)

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

Welcome back, Mecki. I wish you had a happier reason for returning to
your old friends here.

Kneasy wrote in http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_
old_crowd/message/1622 :

<< And where in the Prophecy does it mention the transfer of powers
that Voldy's little helper couldn't warn him about? It doesn't so far
as I can see, yet DD acts as if it were an unavoidable adjunct to
Voldy's actions at GH. >>

Maybe there is special wizarding jargon that we Muggles don't know in
which 'mark as an equal' MEANS 'transfer powers to'. :)

<< Dunno if you remember, but about a year back there was a discussion
on HPfGU that resulted in great wailings and gnashings of teeth for
some, and blank incomprehension for others. All about the 'morality'
of Harry killing Voldy and how doing so would 'stain' or 'pollute' his
noble character. Ah well, takes all sorts, I suppose. The argument
seems pretty pointless, 'cos if the Prophecy is to be taken at face
value it'll be Harry or nobody. He's the one with the power; nobody
else - not DD, Dung or Daedelus Diggle - Harry. (Assuming that the
Prophecy is about him.) >>

IIRC the argument began about whether there is any way to permanently
vanquish Voldy and make sure he never harms anyone again other than to
kill him, not about whether someone other than the Prophecy Boy should
kill him.

<< We know remarkably little about how an AK works. Yes it kills folk,
it's forbidden, it takes practice (not the same as 'power', I think)
and it leaves a lovely corpse. Does it stop the heart, coagulate the
blood, fry the autonomic nervous system or turn the brain into a
species of molten cheese? We don't know. Perhaps it has no physical
effect at all but removes what could be referred to as anima, the
vital principle. >>

We know it has no physical effect at all, because the first chapter of
GoF tells of the report of a bewildered coroner on the three Riddles
who were in perfect health with nothing wrong with them except that
they were dead.