Trelawney really bugs me...

[raesstienway]

No: HPFGUIDX 120773


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "vmonte" <vmonte at y...> wrote:
> vmonte:
> <snip> With so much talk about people being in charge of their own 
> destinies and making the "right" choices, why does Dumbledore put so 
> much faith into this woman's prophecies? Especially, when they can 
> be read in so many different ways. <snip>
> 
> Sometimes I even wonder if someone is using this woman to keep 
> Dumbledore and Voldemort busy/preoccupied while they make their own 
> plans. Could she be someone's puppet? (Could Lucius and Snape be 
> making their own plans?) 


I think this mention of Trelawney being a possible pawn is interesting. However,
 has she always been as crazy as she acts now? I always wondered if Voldemort 
had done something to her, although there is no great indication of this in 
the HP books. Also why did Dumbeldore hire her? He has a pattern of taking in 
those who are unaccepted by the wizarding world, but why Trelawney? What is so 
odd about her, except for the Divination, which I think is part of the discipline,
 and her personality. . .  
Any thought would be welcome.

Raesstienway