That could certainly explain his abominable taste in baby names.
Couple of quibbles/thoughts, though. One: does it really 'divert' the prophecy? You can read it a lot of ways (I'll break down the ones I see if you'd like), but it boils down to two possible holders of the title "Dark Lord", and one prophesied child, forced into conflict with one of them, which he may or may not end up killing, rendering harmless, or whatever meaning of 'vanquish' you prefer. Heck, you could do a decent fic without ever revealing which Dark Lord was the subject of the prophecy, or when it was fulfilled.
Second, what are the ramifications re: the Hallows? Does Harry die without being defeated? Does AD taking over count, and make him master of the Wand?
Third, what's Albie's endgame? Is he aiming to stay the power behind society, does he want to reign as an immortal mage-king, or something in between? I'm sure he'd make different preparations for each, which would end up necessitating different midgames to accomplish and oh dear, I've gone cross-eyed.
Fourth, how can we be sure Tom is actually fully gone? Dumbles was responsible, in canon, for destroying the ring horcrux- how do we know he didn't actually save it, and show the rest of the world a fake? Evil!Albus is usually a master of the memory charm- he could've done a bit of editing to make people think LV died at the end of Book 7, either from surviving his 'death', or as his first move from inside Harry.
Oh, great. Now I've gone and made your monster grow. Sorry. ^^
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I've been writing a bit.
Couple of quibbles/thoughts, though. One: does it really 'divert' the prophecy? You can read it a lot of ways (I'll break down the ones I see if you'd like), but it boils down to two possible holders of the title "Dark Lord", and one prophesied child, forced into conflict with one of them, which he may or may not end up killing, rendering harmless, or whatever meaning of 'vanquish' you prefer. Heck, you could do a decent fic without ever revealing which Dark Lord was the subject of the prophecy, or when it was fulfilled.
Second, what are the ramifications re: the Hallows? Does Harry die without being defeated? Does AD taking over count, and make him master of the Wand?
Third, what's Albie's endgame? Is he aiming to stay the power behind society, does he want to reign as an immortal mage-king, or something in between? I'm sure he'd make different preparations for each, which would end up necessitating different midgames to accomplish and oh dear, I've gone cross-eyed.
Fourth, how can we be sure Tom is actually fully gone? Dumbles was responsible, in canon, for destroying the ring horcrux- how do we know he didn't actually save it, and show the rest of the world a fake? Evil!Albus is usually a master of the memory charm- he could've done a bit of editing to make people think LV died at the end of Book 7, either from surviving his 'death', or as his first move from inside Harry.
Oh, great. Now I've gone and made your monster grow. Sorry. ^^
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.