Anti Neville being "The One"

[ellejir]

No: HPFGUIDX 73712

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, 
"Damit Lazarus" wrote:
> Harry could pick up the prophesy because his name was on it.  That 
> doesn't mean that the prophesy means Harry.  Also , if you look ine 
> the book when it shows what is written on the prophesy, there is a 
> (???) by Harry Potter. 

Me:  
It is never stated in the books *what* exactly is protecting the 
prophesies from being picked up by someone other than the ones to 
whom they refer.  Is it some magic related to the prophesies 
themselves or some kind of Dept of Mysteries security system?
  
Lucius Malfoy says (OoP pg 786 US) "Because the only people who are 
permitted to retrieve a prophesy from the Department of Mysteries, 
Potter, are those about whom it was made, as the Dark Lord discovered 
when he attempted to use others to steal it for him."

Dumbledore says (OoP pg 829 US) "And then you saw Rookwood, who 
worked in the Department of Mysteries before his arrest, telling 
Voldemort what we had known all along--that the prophesies held in 
the Ministry of Magic are heavily protected.  Only the people to whom 
they refer can lift them from the shelves without suffering madness."

The question marks on the label are because the official record was 
relabeled after V's attack on Harry as a baby.  It seems that anyone 
can handle the prophesy once it has been removed from the shelf.  It 
still seems to me as a bit of a glitch, not worthy of the magical 
world, if some MoM drone gets to decide about whom the prophesy 
refers and make a label, and that is what determines who is allowed 
to pick up the prophesies.    Elle