The prophecy under Fidelius? (Was: Potters as their own Secret Keepers?)

[finduilasmydarkdreamer]

No: HPFGUIDX 87107

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Arya" <dequardo at w...> wrote:
> Hmm, I wonder why Dumbledore doesn't just put the content of the 
> prophecy under the Fidelius Charm?  Can the secret of the charm be "gleaned" 
> from one using Legilimency?  Must the secret be willingly given?  I 
> admit, I was very surprised it could be passed on by means of a note (such 
> as Harry reads to be able to see Grimmauld Place).  What if the note was 
> lost--could anyone who read it, see it then? It sure seems like it.  It 
> seems odd that the secret on that note was "The HQ of the Order of the 
> Phoenix may be found at Number 12..."--why should that prevent Harry from 
> *seeing* the house when he didn't know he was looking for the HQ of the  
> OotP, he just needed to see where they were going.   Hmmm....
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SnapesRaven:
I think this is an interesting question, though to me the possible 
answer is an easy one (correct me if I'm wrong).
I find the whole logic around the prophecy very striking. If I 
recollet correctly, all that happened is necessary to fulfill the 
prophecy. The eavesdropper at the door when Trelawney made the 
prediction, the whole MoM-incident,... everything adds to its 
fulfillment. Voldemort has to know of the prophecy, and has to know 
the details his servant told him. 
So I think 'fate' would have been different had the prophecy been 
under Fidelius. The circumstances would have been entirely different 
had Voldemort a) not known of the prediction at all, b) known 
different/fewer/all details, c) received the spun glass sphere in 
whole to listen to he prophecy in one piece. His actions depend on 
what he knows (and on what he doesn't know but assumes).
I think that there might of course have been ways to conceal the 
prophecy from Voldemort, but perhaps the MoM considered the necessity 
of the one the prophecy is about to take it from the shelf 
sufficient. Other magical ways of disguising or protecting the 
prohecy could probably have been circumvened by a powerful wizard 
like Voldemort.

What do you think?

SnapesRaven
*retransforming into a raven, fluttering away to meet up with Fawkes*