The Second Prophecy plus a correction

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No: HPFGUIDX 117978


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "theadimail" <theadimail at y...> wrote:
>   Remember the prophecy was delivered by Sybil Trelawney. The 
> conventional thinking at the time was that Sirius was the servant of 
> Voldemort, so when she had the intimation of the future she described 
> the servant in terms refering to Sirius. But it turns out to be that 
> the servant of Voldemort did escape but he was not Sirius. This makes 
> the delivery of prophecies interesting. I think even though they are 
> delivered in a fit of impulse they are also clouded by the seer's 
> present day knowledge. If this premise is true, it could prove to be 
> interesting development in the theory of prophecies that the fandom 
> has so lustily developed.

Quite so.
It do make it fun  the way opinion swings back and forth, but
the sympathy engendered by the veil incident has generally tilted the
balance in Sirius' favour and even more against Peter. I'm just giving it 
a nudge back the other way. 

Sybill. Well, she's an out and out fraud as a Divination teacher. Harry
and Ron get full marks for homework made up of random guesses
none of  which come to pass. Is this an indication that her Seer
ability might be similarly suspect? That's convoluted, even for JKR.
Not impossible, though.

*Correction*

It's been pointed out to me that when referring to Lupin as DD's
gofer and to the possible innocence of Peter before the Shrieking
Shack incident, I refer you to CoS. 
Wrong. Sorry about that. 
It should of course be PoA. 
I grovel.

Kneasy