And the Trelawney award goes to.....(Re: Do we really get our closer?)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 177112

Carol:
> In short, there was nothing to convince me that Harry was a Horcrux
> and a lot to distract me from thinking about that hated theory. I
> don't think I believed the theory until Dumbledore told Snape in "The
> Prince's Tale" that Harry had a soul bit inside him (and even then,
> the term "Horcrux" wasn't used), at which point, I had to concede 
defeat.
> 
> Carol, who did get some predictions right, but not that particular one


Jen:  I just realized we never heard a peep from Tiger Patronus about 
the prediction contest!  Oh well, some of the questions didn't even 
appear in DH - did we even find out head boy/girl during year 7?  No 
late-in-life magic either *glares at JKR*.....

So, here's a chance to impress each other with our awe-inspiring 
predictions and mutter and grumble about predictions JKR so *obviously* 
would have used if she'd been creative enough to think of them 
herself. ;)

To get the ball rolling.....my two biggest failed predictions, the ones 
I wrote about ad nauseum, OH-so-certain I was on the right track *sniff 
sniff*:

1)  The final confrontation between Harry and Voldemort would take 
place in the locked room, where Harry's soul piece (not a Horcrux but 
still a soul piece, only partial credit <g>) would be removed.  
Voldemort would then die in some fancy magical way JKR figured out.

2) Lily would be crucially important in her own right (instead of 
connected to Snape) and the symbolism of Harry's and Lily's eyes would 
be about Harry learning forgiveness as he connected to his mom and his 
past.  Plus, Lily worked in the lcoked room at the DOM.  


My closest prediction was......drumroll......taken straight from the 
Prediction contest (throw out that first line <g>):

3. Dumbledore is Heir of Gryffindor.  Spending his life defeating
Dark Lords will be rooted in his past, a trauma in his own family
which he was replaying when he drank the potion in the cave.

Jen, realizing she won't be offered the Divination position at Hogwarts 
anytime soon.....