twins/time-turner, Trelawny

[FlamingStar Chows]

No: HPFGUIDX 53504


From: Juliet
>>Does anyone else thing Gred and Forge had their sneaky
little hands on a time-turner in GoF when they
correctly predicted a completely unlikely outcome to
the match AND bet their life savings on it?>>

Cathy:  I  believe they just know their Quidditch teams extremely well and
were willing to bet their savings on it...the fact that Bagman didn't think
it was possible and offered very good odds didn't hurt.

>>Why does Dumbledore keep Trelawny around? She is
pretty much a fraud except for the one accurate
prediction she makes (which she doesn't even
remember.)>>

Cathy:  I suspect that *true* seers *are* extremely rare, and that their
gift is inate more than learned.  I believe that her first *real* prediction
was something that was useful enough that it was worth keeping her around in
case she made another, and that since there is a book for teaching
Divination, she couldn't do a worse job than anyone else would be able to.
I also think keeping her around may have been also another of life's lesson
for the students.  There has already been discussion that one of the reasons
that Snape is kept around is that the students need to learn to deal with
people like him in the real world.  The same can be said for Trelawny -
there are always people who claim to be more than they really are (for
instance, Lockhart).  Some of the students come to realize this, some don't.
In any case, I think it would be much more frightening to have a Divination
teacher who was a true seer who's predictions came true most of the time.
It is just unfortunate for Harry that he's the most logical choice for
Trelawny's death prophicies.