More Points to Ponder: The Prophecies

[adamjmarcantel]

No: HPFGUIDX 75121

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "scooting2win" 
<scooting2win at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Danger Mouse" 
> <dangermousehq at h...> wrote:
> > Steven:
> > Okay gang, I just had an evil thought while reading this post.  
> What 
> > if the seventh month referred to here is not the seventh month 
of 
> the 
> > standard Gregorian Calendar, <snip>We all know precocious know-
it-all Hermione was born in 
> > September.  What if she is the one spoken of in prophecy > > 
> > Dan:
> > <snip>how do we go about the problem of, say, gender and parents 
who 
> thrice-defied the Dark Lord?
> > -Dan
> > 
> > And then you have to consider, Voldemort marked them as equal? 
And 
> how did he mark Hermoine? <snip>lori

ok, i'll bite on this.  as for the parents who thrice defied the 
dark lord - it could be a situation where hermione's parents defied 
him without their knowing it...of course that would be very "usual 
suspects" and would have been hinted at way earlier in the series.  
now the all important marking - we are assuming that the mark will 
be physical, but it doesn't have to be.  it may be another kind of 
mark...intellectual, special powers, etc.  now, that being said, i 
don't think the prophecy is about hermione at all.  the prophecy was 
not made far enough back for a reasonable wizard to assume anything 
but the present calendar.  for jkr to turn around and say "i was 
referring to a different calendar..gotcha!" would horrible form for 
a writer..especially the author of a series with this kind of 
popularity.  if the prophecy is about anyone other than harry or 
neville, i will probably never read another jkr book again.  just my 
opinion.

adam, who is finished nibbling on this one