[HPforGrownups] Re: Neville as Prophecy/Further thoughts on the prophecy orbs

[SiriusBlack4Eternity]

No: HPFGUIDX 96188




SB4E: 
> Read futher...he does say that only Potter or the Dark Lord can 
remove it, but he is also telling Harry to give the prophecy to 
him...if he thought that he couldn't touch it, he sure wouldn't be 
asking for it...Therefore, there is a spell that prevents them from 
removing it from the shelf, but once off, anyone can handle it.

Geoff:
A point I made in message 96125.

SB4E:

Problem is that Yahoo has gotten so slow, people are responding with the same answer at different times...for example I responded as soon as I saw the original post...did not see the post with your response for hours after that...and I have the individual emails.


Geoff:
A further thought struck me tonight. If the orbs are only accessible 
to the persons named, how do Department of Mysteries staff manage to 
handle them without being affected?

This came out of the following bit of canon:

"'But then..... but then, why was it my name on the prophecy and not 
Neville's?'
'The official record was re-labelled after Voldemort's attack on you 
as a child,' said Dumbledore....."

(OOTP "The Lost Prophecy" p.742 UK edition)

The keeper of the Hall of Prophecy must have had access to the 
label.....

Thoughts anyone?

SB4E:

Maybe that particular prophecy was accesible to anyone because it was labeled with a question mark until it was later re-labeled with Harry's name...that would be my guess.  And if someone has already answered this...sorry.

SiriusBlack4Eternity


		
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