Phrophecy Orbs - Summary

[mz_annethrope]

No: HPFGUIDX 109894

> Steve/Asian_lovr2:
<snip>
> > 1.) Once the Orb is off the shelf, it seems that anyone can 
> > touch it. Lucius and 'Trixie' didn't have any reservation about 
> > touching it once Harry removed it from the shelf.
> > <snip>
> > Since the protection seems to end once the Prophecy is removed 
> > from the shelf, I am inclined to think the protection is external 
> > to the Orb itself. 
> > That's a lot of speculation on my part, but I personally can't 
> > see why, if the Orb was self-protecting, its self-protection would 
> > stop once it was removed from the shelf. 
 
> SSSusan:
> Clearly, it's just the picking up which is problematic, and not the
> touching it afterwards. 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?


mz_annethrope:

(Coming from a holiday and not having read postings in a while.) 
Perhaps the protection of the orb lies in the shelf it's placed on 
rather than in the orb itself. I'm considering this because of the 
protection that DD placed on the Philosopher's Stone in Book 1. The 
protection--that you could only get it if you didn't want to use it--
lay in the mirror rather than the stone, and Quirrell could have got 
the stone from Harry (at least according to Voldemort) if only Harry 
hadn't killed him first.

mz_annethrope