Umbridge and Trelawney

[arielock2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 93089

This is another old post I have been afraid to send, I hope it 
might still be of interest...

Vecsey posted this regarding Umbridge:
>and WHY did she hate Trelawney so much?  She isn't a half
> breed, it just didn't add up.  


Arianna:
	I posted a theory that Trelawney is a squib in message 87093.   
I didn't mention the way she was treated by Umbridge, but upon 
reflection, this adds more proof to that theory.
	Umbridge hates Trelawney because she is a squib, it's that 
simple.   She and Fudge display a similar amount of 
dismissiveness and disdain towards Mrs. Figg during Harry's 
trial (OoP 143-145 Am Ed).    She doesn't seem to know that Mr. 
Filch is one, too, as she orders him not to perform any magic on 
the Weasley twins fireworks.

Arianna (who hopes the locked room where Lily worked  
contains Karma.  It *is* an old witchy belief that everything you do 
comes back to you three fold... Lily did defy Voldy three times...  
Harry seems to have a knack for deflecting curses and jinxes 
aimed at him...  it could all add up...)