"True" Prediction. (Was: Time Of Trelawney's First)

[jonathandupont at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 24081


> > The exact wording is, "That brings her total of real predictions 
up 
> > to two.  I should offer her a pay raise...."
> > 
> > The second prediction included the words, "The Dark Lord will 
rise 
> > again with his servant's aid, greater and more terrible than ever 
> he 
> > was."
> > 
> > That portion had not happened yet.  For that matter, it hasn't 
> fully 
> > happened by the end of GoF either.
> > 
> > The point?  The point is that he is calling it a "real" 
prediction, 
> > even though it hadn't fully come to pass yet.
> > 
> > Marcus

While we're on the subject - is there anyone else who finds 
Dumbledore's criticising of her abilities odd? She makes several 
correct predictions in canon - for example, she was predicting Sirius 
for practically all of Book 3.