Voldemort would have ruled the world for almost two decades.
Torqumada
Torqumada wins the internet! Technically he answered most accurately![]()
Actually, no. Neville Longbottom would have been his undoing.
Dead infants don't save many people. With no Harry Potter, Neville might become the next target and there isn't any reason to believe that his first meeting with Voldemort would be the same as Harry's was.
Torqumada
Actually, no. Neville Longbottom would have been his undoing.
Without Snape to beg for Lily's life Voldemort isn't going to spare the life of Alice Longbottom the way he offered for Lily Potter. Therefore her death does not grant Neville the protection from Voldemort Harry had. Long story short, Neville dies.
I suppose it depends on how much stock you put on the value of prophecy...or in the belief of prophecy anyway. IMO things would have gone basically the same if Voldemort went after Neville instead.
She'd have written something else instead. Even assuming one moment of inspiration is changed, she still has the time to fill, and the desire to write. Maybe due to different inspiration we see something like the Cormoran Strike series at that time instead.Today is J K Rowling s birthday and I read in the paper that the idea for Harry Potter came to her while stuck on a delayed train. So what if that train had not been delayed and inspiration never struck her .