prophecies and choice

[celestina707]

No: HPFGUIDX 108428

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> Jen: That could be true; JKR did say in an interview she doesn't 
> believe in prophecies. Don't know if that means anything, but it 
> came to mind reading your theory. I hope this isn't the case, just 
> for personal preference, but well...I'm getting used to the idea 
> certain parts of the ending may not be *my* perfect ending


Celestina:  Lets also keep in mind that the pensieve is a 
physical "thought pool". Thoughts are the perceptions of the 
beholder, which must pass through the unconscious and superconscious 
mind, and therefore are influenced by that particular person.  
Dumbledore's is the only version we have to go on, so it is 
canon. However, this prophecy comes through Dumbledore's mind, so 
there is some chance he may have gotten some of it wrong. Although up 
until this point, I have taken everything Dumbledore says as gospel. 
Nevertheless, we have seen in OotP that Dumbledore is capable of 
making mistakes. Prophecies are nothing more than announcing 
a "likely outcome based on a current situation". Therefore free will 
can change the outcome of any prophecy. I have always felt there was 
soemthing missing from this prophecy anyway, something didn't quite 
fit.  Just my opinion anyway.