Harry is the Chosen One because Voldemort makes him the Chosen One. In the story, the Chosen One could have been Neville Longbottom, but Voldemort chose Harry, and so made Harry the "Chosen One" by attacking him. It has nothing to do with magic, fate, or anything else. The phrase "Chosen One" is a misdirection in this case. Chosen by who? By Voldemort.
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Michael Dinowitz < [email protected]> wrote: > > Ditto for the whole Chosen One thing. Look: Ive enjoyed stories > that relied on a Chosen One mythology to convince us that the hero > is worth our time. I liked Buffy the Vampire Slayer as much as anyone. > But its hard to deny that Chosen Ones are lazy writing. Why is this > person the hero? Because everyone says hes the hero. Why does > everyone say hes the hero? Because everyone says so, shut up, theres > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345144 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
