Trelawney's possible future role (was:Trelawney as Voldemort's Next Target?)

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 97274

b--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "antoshachekhonte" 
<antoshachekhonte at y...> wrote:
> I was listening to the Battle in the DoM scene at the end of OotP 
with my younger daughter 
> last night (sheesh, nice way to get her ready for sleep, huh? Good 
thing she's already had 
> it read to her twice), and a horrible thought occurred to me: aside 
from the globe, which is 
> now broken, Dumbledore, who has been unasailable, and possibly 
Harry himself, though 
> his mind didn't show any signs of it when LV last peaked in, Lord 
Thingy has one source of 
> information regarding the prophecy he seems so obsessed with 
learning--Sybill Trelawney 
> herself.
 
> 
> This would explain why the heck DD's kept Sybill around, when she's 
such a terrible 
> teacher (I think Ron'll be taking the class over any day ;-D  ). It 
also explains why he made 
> so certain she didn't have to leave the castle when Umbridge sacked 
her.

Hickengruendler: 
I agree. I think there are two main reasons Dumbledore didn't want 
Trelawney to leave the school (except that he probably felt sorry for 
her).

1. He wanted to kepp Trelawney and the prophecy save. Bertha Jorkins 
couldn't remember Crouch being alive, yet Voldemort was able to get 
the informations out of her.

2. Trelawney could make another prophecy (and I think she will. They 
always come in threes), and in this case it's important to have her 
around, where it'smore likely, that Dumbledore or an allie will hear 
it.
> 
> I therefore think it entirely possible that Trelawney's abduction 
(or an attempt thereof) is 
> going to figure as a large plot-thread in one of the remaining 
books....

That's where I disagree. I think Trelawney so far is safe in Hogwarts 
and that Voldemort will now concentrate on other things. While not 
getting the prophecy was a disappointment for him, he had also some 
successes with giants and Dementors, ad I'm sure he will use them to 
attack somebody (maybe the ministry). The Second War has started and 
I doubt it will be all about Trelawney ;-) (though I wouldn't mind 
seeing a bit more of her. I love her). In fact, I think she won't be 
in book 6, now that Harry doesn't take Divination anymore.

I do think she will be back for book 7, for several reasons. Like I 
already said, I think she will make a third prophecy, and having the 
next prophecy already in book 6 would seem a bit early. I am sure, 
and I really, I am, that the climax of book 7 will take place at 
Hogwarts, the finale battle. My guess is that old Albus won't survive 
the sixth book and that after his death Voldemort will risk to attack 
the castle. Maybe Trelawney will predict the attack, giving everybody 
a chance to prepare themselves. And yes, I think then she's in 
danger. Voldemort first aim is Harry, and I think he prefers 
Trelawney, so that he can kidnap her, hoping, she will make more 
prophecys. But if there will be a big battle, then everything is 
possible. She can be hit by an AK that is meant for somebody else, 
for example. In fact, I think it's likely she won't make it, because 
it would be sort of poetical justice, because she predicted Harry's 
death that often, and because having a seer alive would be sort of an 
open-end, and I think JKR will prefer closure.

Hickengruendler