Yeah. Whatever will happen will happen because Harry or Voldemort made their own decision to do it, not simply because of the prophecy. As Dumbledore said, "It is our choices..." Some stupid prophecy cannot guide whatever happens in the future. A seer might know what will happen in the future but that does not know that actions cannot change that.
It reminds me of Macbeth (which I studied for my O' Levels) where the witches don't really make a prediction but plant an idea in Macbeth's head and he ends up working towards it hence making their predictions come true. These ideas were already present in Macbeth's head from the beginning but hearing them out loud just made everything cleared in his mind.
When the prophecy was told to us in OotP, I was kind of disappointed because come on... we knew that Harry would be the one to destroy Voldemort from the first book's first chapter only.
Hm, very good comparison. If Macbeth didn't know about the prediction, or didn't tell Lady Macbeth anyway, she wouldn't have made him murder the king and the whole thing wouldn't have happened.
that not all prophecies in the Hall of Prophecies have been fulfilled, so it also seems entirely possible that a prophecy could be only partially fulfilled.
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When the prophecy was told to us in OotP, I was kind of disappointed because come on... we knew that Harry would be the one to destroy Voldemort from the first book's first chapter only.
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(spoilers from here on)
that not all prophecies in the Hall of Prophecies have been fulfilled, so it also seems entirely possible that a prophecy could be only partially fulfilled.
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