K. so I've just been seeing the sites and on the 'Leaky Culdron' (Why do I feel so at home in pubs?) they've got transcripts of interviews with JKR for various book weeks. She answers q.'s 'bout the next books. She says that there are 2 questions that we need to be asking ourselves:
1) Why didn't Dumbledore try to kill Voldemort when they were duelling in the Ministry of Magic? (Evidently he didn't give the "real reason)
2) Why didn't Voldemort die when the Advarda(sp?) curse rebounded on him?; "You should be wondering what he did to make sure that he did not die."

I think this really ties in with what we've been talking about here don't you?

So... it seems that probably/maybe, Dumbledore didn't kill Voldemort because the prophecy says that Harry has to be the murderer (I still think this is a lame excuse!!!); no-one else but Harry can kill Voldemort. BUT why is this crucial to the rest of the story?

Maybe it's not the prophecy at all?? Maybe the prophecy's only important for why Voldemort tried to kill Harry but not for why it failed? Is the prophecy the 'not real' reason D gives that JK was referring to? Is it this 'Life Debt' business that ties these two things together? I'm sure that's coming back into it when Peter Pettigrew returns so why not this as well?

*Does Dumbledore owe Voldemort a 'Life Debt'? Dumbledore can't kill Voldemort, V knows it and was just goading D when he posesses Harry's body and says "kill me now"?
*Is it that Voldemort can't kill Harry because of the same kind of thing: Voldemort owes Lily a 'Life Debt' which she passed on to her son/Harry through her sacrifice? This would explain why Voldemort didn't just kill Lily when he came in the door. When he realised what she was trying to do - protect her son- he killed her and was able to because she'd already given over the protective 'Debt'?????

What do you think?

Is this just ridiculous?

What do you make of what JKR said?