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

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 177132

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....

Bart:
My biggest failed prediction (other than the ones I specifically labeled as "longshots" was that I simply did not believe that Harry was a horcrux. However, I was gratified that JKR saw the difficulties I saw, and found a way around them. I felt that a horcrux spell would just be too complex to cast accidentally. JKR's answer was that Morty's soul was so unstable by the time of the murder of the Potters that it just kind of split on its own, and its joining with Harry was somewhat imperfect, as well.

On the other hand, not a single one of my longshot predictions came out correctly. The best prediction I made was when I stated that the ring should have killed Dumbledore, and the only thing that was keeping him alive at all was Snape's magic, and that it was going to wear out very soon no matter what, and that DD chose the time of Snape killing him to ensure that his death did the most good possible.

Bart