Orbs & Prophecies

[traiderbob]

No: HPFGUIDX 74577

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sarcasticmuppet" 
<sarcasticmuppet at y...> wrote:
 Ashley wrote

"This theory might work if Harry actually listened to the prophecy 
via 
the orb. But he didn't--he saw it in the pensieve" 

Me

Thanks for your reply Ashley.  The pensieve brings up about as many 
questions as time turning.  You know subjective/objective/magic.  I 
could use a pensieve, I don't have the space for this topic.

Ashley again

"The Elipses are *pauses* in the 
prophecy for a more dramatic effect. They were in the PoA one too, 
remember?"

Me

I hope I didn't come across as rude with the grammar part.  It wasn't 
my intension.  I have read posts; I'm not sure which board, where 
people were having trouble with the ellipses.  They were referring to 
four dots as an ellipsis when it is a period plus an ellipsis.  I 
know its minor, but I would like to find a way to include more people 
in the prophecy.  Being strict with where the periods fall is 
helpful.  

I looked at the prophecy in PoA to help me figure out how JKR uses 
ellipses with Trelawney.  I thought they were pauses as well.  That 
prophecy is less cryptic than the other, and the pauses are more 
obvious.  In the older prophecy about Harry/Dark Lord the periods are 
less obvious.  It looks like Trelawney has gotten better with 
practice.  When I was trying to find a different way of looking at 
the HP/DL prophecy, I tried reading it aloud a few times, and tried 
changing the order of the lines.  It had some cool effects.  When I 
realized I didn't know where the prophecy started and ended, I 
thought it could be three.  It's an outrageous idea but fun.