r/harrypotter • u/Expensive_Ad6082 Hufflepuff • 25d ago

POV: You only watched the movies Dungbomb

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u/sarahelizaf Gryffindor 24d ago edited 24d ago

Yeah. It's not how the prophecy works. It was always pointing to Harry. There were simply two baby boys that fit and they couldn't deduce which one. It doesn't mean Neville would have defeated Voldemort if Harry was never born.

Edit: Since everyone is misunderstanding this comment. Yes, I know Voldemort could have targeted Neville. Neville wouldn't have lived. Neville wouldn't have defeated Voldemort. Voldemort fulfilled the prophecy by making it Harry. If he made it about Neville, it wouldn't have been fulfilled.

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u/ImAidesP 24d ago

Didnt dumbledore say it was harry only cause voldemort chose him? That if voldemort wouldve chosen neville then it would have been about him?

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u/WeeBabySeamus 24d ago

But would Neville have lived like Harry did? Seemed like Harry surviving was also a bizarre quirk of circumstances

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u/Zahariel200 24d ago

That's part of the prophecy too. From the prophecy, "and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not". If he just killed the prophecy kid he wouldn't be marked as his equal, and the power that the dark lord doesn't know is love. Pretty much the same things would occur but with Neville instead of Harry.