Timeline for Did Voldemort really choose Harry Potter as "his equal", over Neville Longbottom?
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| Aug 23, 2018 at 23:26 | comment | added | Kyle Strand | @MohammedZuhairKhan That's true (or isn't true) whether or not Voldemort attacked Harry first, though. | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 23:23 | comment | added | For the love of maths | @KyleStrand their secret keeper was probably not a traitor so they might be more protected. | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 23:13 | history | edited | Obsidia | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 23, 2018 at 20:55 | comment | added | Kyle Strand | @Kai "people would have been aware of his plans, and killing Neville probably would have been harder" -- really? Everyone already knew he was in the business of killing families; that's why the Potters were in hiding in the first place. And, as far as they knew, hiding was the best defense they had against Voldemort; I don't see how Neville could have been better protected than Harry was, even if Harry had been killed and Dumbledore knew Voldemort was coming for him. | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 18:22 | comment | added | Kai | You can also infer from the text that Voldemort made a choice. He obviously could not simultaneously personally kill both Neville and Harry. So he would either have to kill one then the other, or send death eaters to kill one of them while he killed the other one. He may have chosen option A, (certainly not B), but then he still decided to kill Harry first. Once Harry was killed, people would have been aware of his plans, and killing Neville probably would have been harder. It only makes sense to kill the one he thought most dangerous first. And that child was Harry. | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 16:34 | vote | accept | For the love of maths | ||
| Aug 23, 2018 at 16:07 | comment | added | Obsidia | Rowling was using Dumbledore as a way to get information to the reader. | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 15:12 | comment | added | Alex | Rowling might have too high an opinion of Dumbledore. | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 14:23 | history | answered | Obsidia | CC BY-SA 4.0 |