The prophesy...sorry for being boring

[lizvega2]

No: HPFGUIDX 90158

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "whizbang" <whizbang121 at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com,
> 
>  "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?
> 
LizVega Here: No, a clue men see is not mine. Don't know who 
originally spotted it- but I saw it in Galadriel Water's New Clues 
Book, if you haven't read it- it's pretty insightful, I really 
enjoyed it- something to do during the down time, you know?
hehe

> 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