biggest SPOILER _ graveyard at Hogwarts

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No: HPFGUIDX 109832

hubbarrk at r... writes:
> > OK, I'll give you that there isn't any canon that specifically 
> > supports my theory, but circumstantial evidence is there. No one 
> > can remove the orb except Harry (and LV, but he couldn't just 
> > waltz into the MoM and grab it, now could he?). Lucius didn't 
> > want it UNTIL Harry grabbed it, and I think he even says 
> > something like "You were the only one who could touch it" or 
> > something like that. And on being relabeled, etc...
 
Melissa:
> As I recall (don't have OOTP handy at the moment) Harry learned 
> after the fact that if anyone but the person(s) who was/were named 
> on it touched it they would go insane. That could easily include 
> any record keeper.
> 
> I tend to think that the original prophecy was labeled only with 
> the date it was made, the name of the person who made it and the 
> person who heard it (easier to find that way) and then "officially" 
> named once the participants were clear. 


SSSusan:
Hi, Melissa.  So, in your view, is the magic that makes the wrong 
lifter-upper go insane *inherent* in the prophecy orb itself somehow, 
or is it placed there by the Ministry employee in such a way that he 
determines who may or may not touch it safely?  THIS seems to be the 
crux of the issue--whether there's something magical about the orb 
itself that automatically "knows" who can pick it up, or whether that 
information is simply assigned by the witch or wizard in charge.

Clearly, it's just the picking up which is problematic, and not the 
touching it afterwards.  I wonder why that is?  Oh--well, duh.  I 
guess the idea is that if the orb is protected enough so that only a 
subject of the prophecy can get it in his/her hand, then whatever 
THAT person decides to do with it subsequently is considered his/her 
right?

Siriusly Snapey Susan