Is Neville Longbottom actually the "Chosen One?", What does that prophecy actually mean? Options

[CathodeCathay]

The prophecy as revealed by Dumbledore to Harry says that Voldemort will mark a boy as "his equal." I contend that this has not yet happened. The baby Harry was never considered by Voldemort to be "an equal." In fact, the juvenile Harry is still not considered an equal by Voldemort, who considers Harry's multiple escapes to be either luck or the result of Lily's protection.

Dumbledore, who believed that one's choices, rather than one's abilities, determine the outcome of one's life, erred when he decided that Voldemort had already decided the prophecy by scarring Harry as a baby. Neville Longbottom, although lacking ability, has demonstrated his choice to be Voldemort's mortal enemy.

Should Voldemort mark Neville (or Harry) during the fights to come in the Deathly Hallows book, THEN (and only then) will Voldemort have marked either boy as "an equal." Neville, in his herbology, also has a "power of which the Dark Lord knows not."

In my humble opinion, the jury is still out on whom the mortal enemy of Voldemort is. Of course, I could be wrong :-).

This post has been edited by CathodeCathay: Feb 13 2007, 09:03 PM