Trelawney's prediction & end of HBP (Trelawney at the funeral or not?)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 166484

> Julie:
> I guess it boils down to what would seem the bigger 
> omission by JKR, not mentioning Trelawney's presence
> at the funeral (or why she isn't there), or not mentioning
> a huge furor over her total absence from Hogwarts in the
> aftermath of a DE invasion.
> 
> To me it is the second one that would be the greater 
> omission. That Trelawney could disappear and no one
> notices seems quite ludicrous to me. That Trelawney
> could still be safe at Hogwarts but not mentioned as
> attending the funeral or up in her room refusing or
> unable to attend is perhaps a bit of a lapse by JKR
> but it still doesn't come off as the kind of major error
> or deliberate cheat as Trelawney being gone from 
> Hogwarts with no one even noticing does. 

Jen: I do understand this reasoning in the logical
part of my brain, that Trelawney should be missed
by everyone if she's not actually there.  It's just
that part of her characterization is she tends to
be underestimated and forgotten, the proverbial
mad woman locked in the tower.  Even being more
physically visible in HBP didn't appear to make
anyone more *aware* of her, if that makes sense.
Harry, Dumbledore, the guests at the Christmas
party (besides dear Luna!) don't really hear her
in my opinion, unless like with Harry, her information
is something personally important.  

I suppose where logic ends for me and just plain
wondering begins is why we got to see the reactions
of significant staff to Dumbledore's death and not Trelawney's.
She told Harry in the corridor that night before the cave,
'Would Dumbledore have let me teach at this great school,
put so much trust in me all these years, had I not proved myself
to him?" (chap. 25, p. 508, UK)  In her own strange way,
Dumbledore meant as much to her and the course of her
life as he did to Snape.  Based on the way she talks and
thinks, self-referentially, I suspect her first thoughts would
be about her correct prediction,  but after that I wonder
if she would feel devastated?

Well, I hope to hear her belated reaction in DH and
will assume for the moment that JKR forgot about her.

(Thanks Dana, for your response and reasoning - I couldn't
really add anything or make a specific comment, but was interested
to read your thoughts on the the subject.)

Jen