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Originally Posted by HoopyFrood  The prophecy seems to suggest that only they can kill one another... |
I agree, it sure does, and this something I've thought about as well. "At the hand of the other..." does suggest that they must destroy one another. The thing is though, as Dumbledore said, prophecy is infallible. He said something along those lines in HBP: does Harry need to kill Voldermort? No, he doesn't. But Harry wants to, as he admitted himself, and therefore he lends proof to the prophecy by motive only. Dumbledore is making the claim that the prophecy does not have to end word-for-word, and even shows the prophecy is merely an in-absolute foresight by saying the Voldermort created his own enemy by choosing Harry instead of Neville. That in itself suggests it is interpretive, that by "at the hand of the other" can even mean under orders from the other, or many other things.
I think I may be getting too philosophical here, but I love speculating about the end.
I have to admit, I never thought I'd be the fan of the books I am today. Though I'm a diverse reader, and have many children's books on my shelf, I almost didn't want to enjoy the series; like Pokemon and Dragon Ball Z, I wanted to dislike HP based on its almost cancerous popularity. I remember walking through the mall and hearing all the 14 to 16 year old kids saying the word "tight" and it drove me up a wall, so I guess it's just part of my mentality. I have no idea why I'm that way, but I am, and as the planet Jupiter says: "I don't know where all the gas came from, but it's part of me, and we like it the way it is!"