Trelawney: Squib or Not?

[alexpie at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 101445

I Antosha writes:

> Nonetheless, if she were a squib, Dumbledore wouldn't have interviewed her 
> for the 
> position of Divination teacher at all, would he? She must have graduated 
> from Hogwarts--
> or perhaps one of the overseas schools.
> 
I don't think it matter much whether Trelawney is all that magical.  I 
believe that the only reason she was hired is that she is the /unprotected/ 
repository of the Prophecy.  The material prophecy (that is, the ball) is protected in 
the Ministry.  Dumbledore would never let the secret out.  Ahhh, but 
Trelawney; she's the weak link here.  I think DD wanted her at Hogwarts and protected, 
so that LV or his minions couldn't Crucio the Prophecy out of her.
  And, then in, OoP, there's this, when Trelawny says that she'll leave, 
after Umbridge dismisses her:
"'No,' said Dumbledore sharply.  'It is my wish that you remain, Sibyll.'"
  I think that clinches it.  While DD is indeed a kind man, I think his 
greatest motivation in hanging onto Sibyll was keeping that prophecy safely inside 
her, inside the castle.
Ba, certain in her belief that all this has been said before and that she 
just couldn't find it on Yahoomort
  


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