The Second Prophecy

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 118014


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nkafkafi" 
<nkafkafi at y...> wrote:
> 
> > Kneasy wrote:
> > <snip> 
> > See? Both Peter and Sirius can be fitted into the first 
prophecy.
> > And as a basic rule of thumb - when Jo offers alternatives, go 
for  the  one that will surprise  Harry and many of the  readers.
> > After all, what's the point of a story like HP without the 
BANGS?Predictability is no fun at all.

Pippin:
Trouble is, PuppetMaster!DD wouldn't surprise Harry at all. He's 
the one who introduced us to the idea in the first place. We'd be 
shocked, but he wouldn't. Harry's only shocked when 
Dumbledore expresses weakness and isn't in control. 

> 
> Neri (after quoting JKR's testament to Sirius's love for Harry):

> Of course, the solution to this small problem is obvious: There 
must  be TWO people named Sirius in the HP saga, and JKR 
was referring to  the other Sirius in this quote.
> 
> Generally speaking, it would be very efficient to assume that 
there  are two characters answering to each name in the WW, 
and one of them  is on the good side while the other is on the 
dark side. This would  enable JKR to say anything to us without 
(heaven forbid!) lying. <

Pippin:

LOL! Of course this is exactly the situation that was set up in 
GoF, where we had two Barty Crouch's. The tip-off for that was 
the grown-up son Tom Riddle in GoF ch 1.

There is, AFAWK *no* character whose real name is Wormtail 
(the Marauder's Map never lies and we know he shows up as 
Pettigrew) ... you can't recognize a Death Eater by his alias, 
anymore than you can recognize him by his mask.

Pippin