J. K. Rowling: "Hermione should have married Harry!"

[soaring crane]

I had hoped at the time that Harry would turn out to be a red herring and someone else was the chosen one all along.

[thelerner]

I had hoped at the time that Harry would turn out to be a red herring and someone else was the chosen one all along.

As you wish: From Cracked.com http://www.cracked.com/article_19266_5-movie-fan-theories-that-make-more-sense-than-movie.html

#5. Harry Potter Isn't the Chosen One; His Inept Classmate Is

In the world of Harry Potter, Neville Longbottom is the resident doofus. He's not really good at magic, he constantly forgets stuff -- even Rowling hates him, as evidenced by the fact that she included a synonym for "ass" in his name. Neville only seems to be there so that readers who aren't smart, capable or attractive will have someone to identify with.

Also to make Harry Potter look like less of a dork in comparison.

However, just like that shy kid from your school who went on to become a porn actor, later books seem to hint that there might be something more to Neville than meets the eye ...

 

The Awesome Fan Theory:

Basically, that Harry Potter dude was just a distraction. The "chosen one" was Neville all along.

See, the plot of all seven books revolves around the idea that Harry's life fulfills this prophecy:

"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord [Voldemort] approaches ... born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies ... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not ... ".

"Also, he'll have a goddamn sword."

The thing is, all that stuff applies to Neville, too. His parents had thrice defied Voldemort, and he was born on July 30, one day before Harry. So what power does Neville know that Voldemort doesn't? According to the theory, that could be either "the power of love" (as in Harry's case) or "herbology."

Or both, considering the way he looks at those plants.

The "Voldemort will mark him as his equal" part was a little trickier, but then again it wasn't clear how it related to Harry, either. Neville had a messed up relationship with his parents, mainly due to the fact that Voldemort had them tortured into insanity. Voldemort had some serious mommy issues, too, so in that sense Voldemort made him his equal.

 

But the best part of the theory, the part that makes it all come together, is the idea that Dumbledore, the principal of Wizard High, was intentionally allowing Voldemort to think Harry was the chosen one just to protect Neville. While we're not saying they should have just ditched Harry in the last book and turned the other kid into the protagonist, it would have been pretty cool to have Harry find out he wasn't the center of the universe after all, if only because it would have made the character slightly less insufferable.

 

The later books do flirt with the idea, however briefly. And it would have fit right in with Rowling's habit of pillaging the first three books to turn all the one-off magic items and half-serious gags into game-changing MacGuffins.

Read more: http://www.cracked.com/article_19266_5-movie-fan-theories-that-make-more-sense-than-movie.html#ixzz3CY4ivoOh

Edited September 6, 2014 by thelerner

[Anoesjka]

There are other theories about the chosen one:

 

http://www.harrypotterforseekers.com/

 

It's really a Rosicrucian initiative.

[soaring crane]

 

As you wish: From Cracked.com ...

 

tscha. And me an old Cracked fanboy. That's actually quite a fantastic article there :-)