Hmm "Neville Longbottom and the Deathly Hallows"... Sounds cheesy. xD

Yeah, it doesn't sound that good, does it?

That is a pretty funny image...


Getting back to the topic at hand...I personally think Neville would have given it a valiant effort - as we saw in Deathly Hallows he was being very brave and causing all sorts of havoc for Snape. Neville also didn't have the protection that Harry did...so the final showdown would have been not so good for him.

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Originally Posted by teflogrl

Voldemort would have successfully killed Neville that first night. The only reason Harry survived was because his mother was given a choice to live (because Snape had asked Voldemort not to kill her) and chose to die for her son. Voldemort would have had no reason to give either of Neville's parents a choice - he would have just killed them, then killed Neville.

It's also why James' death didn't save Lily - he wasn't given the choice, Voldemort had always intended to kill him.

I think that is right, I agree with every word you've put. You were thinking the same as me? It was all about the choice
Nat x

Idk. This topic has always been confusing and complicating for me.

Well I guess we'll never know as it was his name who came out of the prophecy, .

Then things would have been diffrent.The title would sound stupid.I doesn't go.

That is a good question, but Rowling thinks that Neville would have failured at first. It's good that she never confirmed this, however.

I really depends, I'm sure if Neville's parents had the chance then they would die for him, but maybe they couldn't have been there. And the Death Eaters might not have got the Potters. Neville's story would be SO different to Harry's though.

They wouldn't have changed lives because Harry had the invisability cloak that he got from his dad, so Nevile wouldn't have been able to do half the things Harry did, also if Nevile was the one Voldemort chose, then the hole 'Prisoner of Azkaban' wouldn't exist. As much as I love him, I don't think that Nevile would have Bellatrix would have got the Potters, so they wouldn't be in St Mungos. But the main thing I wonder is if Nevile would have become friends with Harry, or Ron, and I don't think that Harry and Ron would have become so close if it was the other way around. I would like to know what it would have been like if Nevile was the one chosen by Voldemort not Harry, it would be an interesting story, maybe not such a good name, but a good story.

I agree with you

Oooh, interesting question.

You see, taking in consideration that Neville survives that day, I think there is a high chance that he could have survived till the end. After all, how do we know that it isn't because part of Voldemorts soul is inside Harry, that makes him so strong and powerful? Harry has a lot of the same characteristics as Voldy, due to that vital moment where he is made into a sort of horcrux. Perhaps these characteristics include Voldemorts strength and dedication to his cause?

If it was turned around and part of Voldemorts soul went into Neville, then perhaps he would turn out to be the strong and courageous one instead? Meaning the chances of him surviving till the end and doing all the same things as Harry did in his Hogwarts years, would be significantly greater.

Then of course, Lilly was given a choice, to live or die for her son.
Whilst I believe that Alice would have also chosen to die for her son out of love, would she ever have been given the choice? I believe that Lilly was only given at first choice due to Severus' love for her and Voldemorts 'promise' to keep her out of harm.

Therefore the chances that the shield would be create in Neville's case, may not be the same. Leading me to believe that he may never live in the first place.

I was somewhat confused with this. At first, I thought the prophecy was sort of a guide to the one with the power to destroy Voldemort. But then it says something about how it's the one who Voldemort marks as an equal, I think.
Was Lily's love and sacrifice the power Voldemort didn't know Harry had?
What I'm wondering now is, why did Voldemort pick Harry if he thought he'd represent a greater threat. If it was up to him, if it was the one he marked as an equal, why didn't he pick Neville? Or would that make Neville more powerful in the future?
That's what I don't get.. Would Neville have the same chance as Harry, if he was picked? Or was Harry the chosen one all along, and Voldemort chose correctly.

Voldemort only heard half of the prophesy; he didn't get to hear the part about marking the chosen one as his equal. All he heard was that the one with the power to defeat him is born at the end of July to parents who defied him three times. He decided to kill Harry because he saw him as the greatest threat, being a Half-Blood like Voldemort. He thought he would easily kill Harry and remove the threat; he didn't think he'd mark him as his equal and give him the power of love. If he waited instead of reacting, he could have waited to see who was the stronger threat. Instead, Voldemort acted foolishly and handed Harry the tools to defeat himself.

But as Dumbledore says, not all prophesies come true. This one didn't come true because of destiny; it came true because Voldemort decided to put faith into it and forced it to become true.