Name: Film Theory: Harry Potter ISN'T The Chosen One?
Uploaded: 2017-10-03T11:12:42.000Z
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They got the wizarding hero they deserved.

Or.. the wizarding hero they thought they needed?

The one they thought they wanted to deserve- Augh screw it, they got BATMAN.

The one with the power to vanquish, the Dark Lord approaches...

Born to those who have thriced defied him, born as the seventh month dies...

And the Dark Lord will mark him as equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not...

And either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives...

The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies...

It's like Game Theory, but with one small difference.

Now, if that prophecy sounded familiar, that's because it's the big reveal that comes at the end of Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix,

The fifth in the series of books, movies, and ugh, "Video Games,"

About the young orphan who gets whisked off to Hogwarts Wizard School with his friends, Ron and Hermione

To find out he's destined to save the world.

The fifth book was always my least favorite.

Too much of all HP whining about being special.

Oh suck it up! Anyone would love to have magical powers.

But I will say the fifth MOVIE was my favorite in the franchise.

Whoo, that final wizard battle! I could watch it for days!

And yet, whether I loved it or hated it, I never got the "Hoopla" around this prophecy thing.

Yeah yeah, Harry Potter's the chosen one.

He's the one that's gonna have to kill Voldemort

Like, did we really learn anything here? NO!

We just had a nice filler book to kill off some of the big characters

And then transition to some of the darker installments.

It always felt like such an anti-climatic reveal,

Well, at least it did, until I started thinking about it.

We've all assumed that it was Harry the prophecy was talking about,

Since you know, it's his name on the book covers, movie posters, and tighty whities.

But what if it was all a cover-up, a reus, a brilliant PR campaign to take the attention off the "Other Boy" who lived,

And what if this prophecy wasn't just "No Duh Moment,"

But instead, a clue hidden out in the open for us careful fans, about the identity of the TRUE hero of Hogwarts.

Sound crazy? Lets break down the prophecy!

We know that the Dark Lord refers Voldemort, the evil wizard with the unfortunate nose job,

But the rest of the thing is really unclear.

We know that "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord" must have been "Born to those who have thrice defied" ol' nose slits over here.

Okay, well Harry seems to fit the bill. His parents, Lily and James Potter, were both members of "The Order of the Pheonix,

A secret society founded by the Hogwarts headmaster, Albus Dumbledore,

To oppose Voldemort, so they probably did their share of fighting.

That said, we've never actually been given three specific examples.

So, you know that connection is, meh, at best.

What is with these darn ancient prophecies! Why could they never say in clear English what they mean?

Hey you, Scar-boy, HP, you're the chosen one. Go kill this guy.

Anyway, the hero also needs to be "Born as the seventh month dies."

The prophecy is so adamant about this, that it mentions it twice.

Well, after doing extensive research on the subject, I learned that the seventh month is actually July.

And Harry's birthday is July thirty-first, so thats sounds pretty cut and dry,

And finally there are those parts about "The Dark Lord will mark him as his equal" and "a power the Dark Lord knows not."

With Harry, these two sort of go hand-to-hand.

Voldemort marked Harry as his equal when he showed up at the Potters to kill Harry and avert the prophecy,

But instead of killing him with unforgivable Avada Kedavra killing curse,

Lily Potter threw herself between them, sacrificing herself in the process.

Voldemort was completely blindsided as a mother's love, something he never knew or felt himself, activated an ancient magic

That reflected the curse back onto him, and left Harry with an extremely marketable lightning bolt scar.

Seriously, it looks like a temporary tattoo, and don't worry, it is.

But yeah, the books and movies make it pretty clear that the power  Voldemort knows not is "Love."

And it's exactly that power of love that allowed Harry to defeat him in the battle of Hogwarts in Harry Potter and the Dealthy Hallows: Part 2.

Can we.. can we get anymore clichéd here?

It could've been something cool like uh.. I don't know, Laser beams.

Ok, so lets take a second to step back here and look at the terms of the prophecy objectively.

If we're being completely honest, if we were able to find another kid who was born at the end of July,

And was loved at some point in his life, you actually have yourself a pretty darn valid canidate for hero of the wizarding world.

Well, make that one very specific hero candidate.

Neville Longbottom. Wait, that's him? This guy?

Oh wow, he actually turned out to be
quite handsome. Did he.. It is strictly

Platonic I'm hey, I'm able to appreciate
his handsomeness and in a strictly

Don't be getting ideas. Now I get the
confusion. In the movies, Neville was

worse than the third wheel, he was a
fourth wheel to the Harry Ron Hermione

tricycle, and yeah the idea that he's a
hero seems like one of those bits a

far-flung fan fiction that surfaced in
some dark corner of Reddit but if you

go with me on this one for a minute, I
think you'll be surprised

by what we find. Let's go back to
the prophecy. Born as the seventh month dies;

That was the biggest at least vague
stipulation of the prophecy, and one that

would be really difficult for me to
fudge.

Funny thing is though, I don't have to
Neville's birthday was on July thirtieth

one day earlier than Harry's, and based
on the vague wording I'd say we have at

least a few days window here. Especially
if the prophecy is okay writing off "Love

is the power he who must have sleep
apnea knows not."

Ok, Next. "Born to those who thrice defied him."

So Lily and James Potter may have done
their share of old defying. Again, there

are really no clear examples given to us,
but look at Neville's parents Frank and

These two were aurors. It's basically
like being a professional Harry Potter,

but less pouty and with better pay. Their
backstory kind of gets the shaft in most

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