[HPforGrownups] Re: Trelawney's prediction & end of HBP (Trelawney at the funeral or not?)

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 166502

Julie:
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.

Lynda:

For my part, especially since the funeral is from Harry's point of view, and
Trelawny is a person he generally avoids, his not noticing her specifically
at DD's funeral does not seem odd to me. Throughout the books, we are told
there are many times (in fact the times she does appear are rare) that she
does not eat with the staff or student population, so it is possible she
chose not to come to the funeral, or that Harry just did not seek her out as
he did some of the other attendees.

Lynda


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