Trelawney - real seer or not? (was Re: DU treatment of Trelawney)

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 117897


 Juli:

> 
> 
> I think Trelawney just plays with the odds, we know
> Neville always breaks thing, so why wouldn't he break
> it? Besides, if someone tells you "careful with that"
> you'll propably break it.

Finwitch:

But how would Trelawney know that, being that she hardly ever leaves 
her tower? And anyway, method doesn't count in predicting the future, 
results do.

Juli: 
> I can't help myself, but I remeber when she tells
> Harry he must have been born in the middle of the
> winter, that's just so funny. 

Finwitch:

Well... she's for the future, not the past. and midwinter does not 
need to refer to 21.12. or January or February. It could possibly 
mean at the height of the Dark rule or even nt. (what ever that would 
mean, new time?).

Juli: 
> Sure seers have always been chased, but so have
> witches, I think it's for the same reason, people are
> afraid of what they don't know. I don't think a seer
> in the WW is thought as a problem, they are seers just
> like others are metamorphus. 

Finwitch:

That -don't know/understand-> afraid -> hostile is indeed sadly usual.
And WW can't come right out and say 'Seers are bad' - because um - 
they'd be saying that of truth. They can, however, deny them 
credibility so they can go on with their happy illusions... 

Anyway, Seeing isn't something that can be easily explained. Not 
because well... you need to be able to deal with predestination, 
reality of time, mortality, the fact that compared to the Universe, 
you're not really much...

Finwitch