Prophecies and fate; writing what you don't believe (was:The Second Prophecy)

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 118279


Hickengruendler wrote:

That is what I think, too, for two reasons. The first reason is, that
she said she worded the prophecy very carefully, which to me highly
suggests that the meaning is not quite as obvious as it wseems to be.
But there's also a clear hint in the book, IMO. Firenze says in his
lesson basically, that the abilities of the humans to read the future
are limited and that they often interprete the signs wrongly. I do
not think it's by accident that JKR put this in the book, which in
his end had a prophecy whose content seemed to be a bit obvious (at
least for us readers. I disagree with the fans who think, that Harry
shouldn't be surprised).

vmonte responds:

I don't believe in the prophecy either. I also think that the 
prophecy seems to have thrown Dumbledore off his game. Dumbledore 
always seems to know a lot more than he should, except for the 
prophecy. I'm still inclined to think that Trelawny is a fraud. 
Doesn't the prophecy call Voldemort The Dark Lord--sounds like 
something a DE would utter. 

Is it possible that someone else is manipulating Trelawny? We've 
already seen curses/spells that can manipulate wizards into doing 
many things, why wouldn't someone use her for their own purposes. 

If I were a true villain I would use Trelawny in order to keep 
Dumbledore and Voldemort occupied while I carried on my own secret 
plans for domination. 

I think that someone (behind the scenes) is interested in that power, 
but they have realized that they first need to get rid of 3 problems: 
Dumbledore, Voldemort and Harry.        

It's interesting how the prophecy plays right into Voldemort's worst 
fear--his mortality, and Dumbledore's fear--of losing Harry Potter.
Could it have been created by someone really smart? Someone who knew 
these two people intimately, and was playing to their worst fears?

Hopefully, Harry will realize that he is in charge of his own 
destiny.