The prophesy...sorry for being boring

[whizbang]

No: HPFGUIDX 90137

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 "lizvega2"  wrote:

> Harry says in OOP- during a clue men see- that the only people 
> he's ever heard call Voldemort the Dark Lord are Death Eaters.
> 
> Now, I'm not saying that Trelawney is a DE...no no no. 
> 
> But, why did she refer to him this way?

> Also, what are the ramifications of using generic terms like, "The 
> one with the power," and "The Dark Lord" ????
> 
> Seems open to interpretation.... maybe Dumbledore thought so too.

~lizvega2

Whizbang here:

I love "a clue men see."  Is that yours?

I'm not sure it's Trelawney speaking when these prophesies are 
delivered.  It doesn't sound like her voice and she seems unaware of 
them.  So is she channeling someone else?

And generic terms have all kinds of possiblilities.  Maybe Voldemort 
isn't the Dark Lord.  Is he possessed by some entity that is?  Has 
this entity possessed others in the past?  

As for the "one with the power," my feeling is that there were 
enough "identifying features" as Dumbledore called them, to pinpoint 
the one who was born with the power.  True, Dumbledore had to wait 
for all the identifying features to manifest in order to know for 
certain which boy the prophesy spoke of, as there was only one with 
the power who approached, not a couple of possibilities.  Just 
because it wasn't known for sure which boy was the one in the 
prophesy, doesn't mean it could have been either.  As it was Harry,  
it was always and only Harry.

~Whizbang