Did DD lie about the Prophecy ?

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 117800


Stacey wrote :
"I don't think that Sybil could "choose" when the prophecies went, but
 they came out when she saw them.  (snip) That scene in PoA makes it
look like she has no control over when the visions take over and it
isn't even her conveying them.  If Ron or Hermione or whoever would
have been in the room at the time with Harry, they would have heard
the 2nd prophecy as well. "

Del replies :
I did point to that problem in my first post : we just don't know how
the Seer gift works. It could be totally random, or it could be
dependent upon very strict conditions, and everything in between. 

Consider the Parseltongue gift for example : Harry can only speak
Parseltongue when he's speaking to a snake, or trying very hard to
imagine that he's speaking to a snake. 

So maybe Sybil does indeed happen to receive inspirations randomly, in
any time or place. But maybe a precise set of very specific conditions
has to be fulfilled before she can prophesy. We just don't know.

Del