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

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 177118

Jen:  
> I just realized we never heard a peep from Tiger Patronus about 
> the prediction contest!  
<snip>
> 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. ;)
<snip Jen's two 'biggest failed predictions'> 

SSSusan:
Oh, I'll play!  My biggest failed prediction was that we would 
discover what happened in the missing 24 hours, and that it 
definitely involved Snape doing something additional to protect Harry 
before his deposit at the Dursleys.  I was convinced he had used his 
expertise to offer up an additional protection and that this was one 
reason DD was so sure he could trust Snape.  Sigh....

Another "nope" was that I was convinced there was a reason DD had not 
told the WW, loudly & clearly, that Lord Voldemort was Tom Riddle.  I 
couldn't quite understand why he wouldn't have broadcast that, since 
the more people thought of Voldy as "Tom," I think the weaker it 
would have made him.  The only reason I could think of for this was 
that DD needed to *protect* someone and that revealing that Voldy was 
Riddle would have hurt someone he cared about.  (I thought Minerva 
the most likely.)  

Oh, well!


Jen:
> 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.

SSSusan:
Good one!  My closest one, also taken straight from my Prediction 
Contest entry, was this:

5. Harry will believe he has to sacrifice himself for those he
loves, he will be prepared to do so, he will in fact believe he is
in the processing of doing so... but he will end up not having to do
so.

Siriusly Snapey Susan,
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