Harry must be the one WAS Re: Neville and the Prophecy

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No: HPFGUIDX 108336

Kneasy wrote:
 
> Sorry, but there's plenty.
> 
> Prophecies don't come wrapped in a glass orb.
> Prophecies don't come with protective spells.
> Prophecies don't care  who hears them.
> But the Ministry obviously does.

> It's the Ministry that englobes them, puts them on the shelf and 
sets the
> protective spell. And it's the Ministry that decides who the spell 
is about.

Inkling now:

You're making a leap here.  You're assuming that it is the ministry's 
decisions about the prophecy that trigger the protective spells.  But 
there's nothing to back that up in the text.  Dumbledore says, "to 
whom they refer" not to whom the ministry believes they refer, or to 
whom the label refers.  Sealing it in an orb and labelling it does 
not affect the content, and it is the content that triggers 
protective spells when the wrong person touches it.  That much is 
clear from what Dumbledore says.

> Harry's name wasn't on the label originally, it was added later when
> somebody decided Harry was the one Sybil had been burbling about, 
> probably though not  certainly with DD's input. So  the protective 
spells
> have been changed at least once already. They  could be changed 
again
> if fresh information came to light.

Again, there's no indication that what's on the label is what 
triggers the spell.  It would seem to be just that, a label, 
corrected as more information comes in.  Otherwise Voldemort would 
not have to go through all this to get at the prophecy.  He could 
simply have one of his ministry insiders re-label it.

Inkling