Huh, it could even be, then, that Tom actually did hear the prophecy on the night Arthur was bitten, and then placed it back on the shelf.
Speaking of which, how do we know that Tom didn't go to the DOM back in 1980 and listen to the full prophecy before he attacked the Potters? The prophecy goes.
and the Dark Lord will mark him as his 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
Maybe Tom believed that he had to turn Harry into a horcrux before he could kill the boy?
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Date: 2012-03-26 05:24 pm (UTC)Speaking of which, how do we know that Tom didn't go to the DOM back in 1980 and listen to the full prophecy before he attacked the Potters? The prophecy goes. Maybe Tom believed that he had to turn Harry into a horcrux before he could kill the boy?