The prophesy...sorry for being boring

[suehpfan]

No: HPFGUIDX 90285

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 Carol:
> The prophecy was delivered before Harry was born. He could not
> possibly have had the power to defeat the Dark Lord as a fetus--or
> even as a fifteen-month-old baby. And we don't know that the voice
> speaking the prophecy, which we agree isn't Trelawney's, is speaking
> *in* the present *about* the present. It's using the present tense,
> but it's presenting a prophecy and prophecies deal with the future.
> (For all we know, the all-knowing voice may be speaking from a
> different perspective, in a different time.) 
Big snip
 And even now, at sixteen as of Book 5, he
> still does not have the power to destroy Voldemort except as 
partially
> developed potential. All he has now is the ability to survive 
whatever
> Voldemort does to him until the time foretold in the prophecy 
arrives.
> 
> Carol

Sue:

This brings up an interesting point.  Who exactly is Trelawny 
channeling?  It was mentioned in another post that perhaps it is her 
great grandmother, but I wonder.  There have been so many references 
to time, especially in book 5, and we know that wizards can infact 
move through time.  There has even been all of the speculation about 
DD "true" identy.  It makes me wonder if DD or even someone powerful 
we have not thought of could be using Trelawny as a vessel for 
communication.  Perhaps even DD knows who this person (intity) is and 
that is why it is so important to keep Trelawny safe at Hogwarts.  

I have been reading New Clues to Harry Potter Book 5 (Waters & 
Mithrandir) and have begun to wonder more about Peeves as well.  They 
point out that he has capabilities that are different than both 
ghosts and wizards.  How does he always seem to know what is going 
on?  Perhaps he will turn out to be one of the biggest plot twists of 
all.

Sue, who is spending WAY too much time thinking about all of 
this...Book 6 Please!