My "one" most rock solid OoP prediction

[talisman22457]

No: HPFGUIDX 60471

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, MadameSSnape at a... wrote:
>> Not a "scalawag", per se, but a literary reference for 
Percy/Percival takes 
> us back to the Grail legend.  Percival was one of the three 
knights who 
> attained the Grail - & it killed him.  IMHO, Percy's 
personal "Grail" is power & 
> status (remember that little book he was reading in Diagon 
Alley?  "Prefects Who 
> Gained Power"?)  My guess is he attains the power he seeks - & it 
winds up 
> killing him.
 Talisman responds:
I'm not familiar with the version where the Grail kills Perceval 
(Galahad usually asks to be taken and gets his wish).  But there are 
many versions of the tale.  Wolfram von Eschenback is the most 
prominent source, having finished what Chretien de Troyes started. 
(Sorry about the accent ague, you'll have to imagine it.) In 
Wolfram's version, Perceval ends up the Grail King.  An unlikely 
ending for our Percy.  Moreover, the Grail is called the -Lapis 
Exilis-,which is also the name of the Philosopher's Stone.  I don't 
recall Percy being terribly helpful in that adventure, either.
In any event, I agree that unless something heavy knocks Percy off 
his Fudge-Crouchian course, and soon, he is headed for a fall. 
Awaiting the Borders midnight release,
Talisman