The Prohecy

[mhbobbin]

No: HPFGUIDX 126002


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, jina haymaker 
<collegegirl200521 at y...> wrote:
> 
> Brodeur wrote:
> I was just reading over OOTP and I was wondering why Lord 
Voldemort had so  
> much "faith" in Trelawney. Everybody seems to think that she is 
loony and 
> crazy.  Why is it that Voldy would care so much about a Prophecy 
made by somebody 
> who he  knows nothing about? Besides the fact that a Prophecy is 
not always 
> correct or  true. 
> 
> 
> In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, <collegegirl200521 at y...> wrote:

> I think that Voldy trusted this Prohecy because Trewlawney went 
into her trance like state and then predicted what was to happen. 
There seems to be very few true predictions but you can tell the 
different between them. Wasn't Trewlawney's grandmother a very well 
repected Seer?


mhbobbin writes:

 Was the spy interested in the meeting between DD and Trelawney 
because of DD or because of Trelawney? If it was DD, was the spy 
following DD already or did he just happen to be at The Hogs Head 
when DD showed up to meet a Seer? A mtg between DD and anyone might 
be interesting to a spy, but a Seer is potentially very interesting. 
Ostensibly, Voldemort's spies would often be at Hogsemead/Hog's 
Head, and perhaps this Spy just got lucky that these two walked in 
for a meeting while he was there.

DD's story is that he was willing to meet Sybill out of respect for 
her grandmother Cassandra Trelawney, who was a famous seer. He 
indicates he had low expectations for the mtg. I'm willing to accept 
that there was no more to his rationale for meeting her than he has 
told us (although he so often holds something back) but how very 
interesting such a meeting would be for a spy. DD's willingness to 
meet with this seer immediately gives the seer some credibility, 
whether or not deserved. The surprise prophecy would be of interest 
to Voldemort simply becuz it was made to DD. That it was made in a 
trance probably enhanced its credibility.

I'm not so sure that Trelawney is a fraud. She seems to be more 
right than not in what she sees, although not in divining the 
meaning. I'm also curious as to whether Cassandra had difficulty 
getting people to take her seriously, given her name. Perhaps she 
only became credible after her demise.

mhbobbin