Firenze, Trelawney and predictions

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 81034

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Christy" <christyj2323 at y...> 
wrote:
> I have a question, that has been nagging me for awhile now, so I'm
> hoping that somebody here has a thought.
> 
> We know that Sybil predicted the prophesy and Dumbledore tells Harry
> that at the time it was predicted it could have applied to either
> Harry or Neville (and is still up for debate as to which one it may
> currently apply to).
> 
> We also have head a couple times from Firenze who says that even the
> Centaurs have made mistakes reading the stars.
> 
> My question is this: Is it possible that the future is set but it 
can
> also be changed by the actions that people take to the point of
> completely changing what would have been(like in the case of the
> prediction... one rash act by Voldemort and the entire future is
> altered)? Which might help explain further why time-turners have 
been
> banned... What do others think? Am I nuts?
> 
> Christy

It wouldn't surprise me at all. It is my strong opinion, that people 
take Dumbledore's interpretation of the prophecy way to literally, 
and the outcome will somehow be different from this interpretation. 
And I agree that Firenze's lesson is the clue to this. In this 
chapter, JKR basically says "be careful with trying to read the 
future. It will turn out differently, than you expect." 

Hickengruendler