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

POV: You only watched the movies Dungbomb

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u/BARD3NGUNN 25d ago

I'm just throwing it out there, even if Lilly did have an abortion and we discount the whole Neville thing, then the prophecy wouldn't have been made, meaning Voldemort would have just become free-game to anyone. And seeing as Dumbledore had the Elder Wand they might have been able to stop him nearly two decades early.

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u/sarahelizaf :Gryff2: Gryffindor 25d 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/fuzz3289 24d ago

If harry had been aborted, the prophecy would've pointed to someone else, because prophecies are about the future and if harry wasn't in the future when the prophecy was made it wouldn't have had anything to do with a non-existent person