DD's plan -- Minister of Magic

[Mike]

No: HPFGUIDX 189162

> Nikkalmati
> 
> DD says he does not believe in prophecies and I do not think he
> does (although the Wizarding World as a whole does believe).
>  <snip>

Mike:

I agree with you in principle, although I think DD approaches prophesies from a different angle. I think he sees them as self-fulfilling or bust. That's why there are so many unfulfilled 
prophesies in the MoM, IMHO. People that don't know about these prophesies, can't self-fulfill them.

DD says Harry can walk away from his, iow, he doesn't have to self-fulfill his side, but that LV is bound and determined to fulfill his own side, which makes Harry's choice to walk away moot.


> Nikkalmati
> 
> The ironic thing is that Sibyl suffers from the same curse as her
> ancestress, Cassandra.  No one believes her predictions, but they,
> in fact, all come true in one way or another.  That's why the
> Prophecy comes true in the end - Sibyl is a true prophetess.

Mike:

Well, certainly Sibyll's prophesies that can be self-fulfilled came true, even if the people involved didn't realize that's what they were doing. I'm speaking of Harry fulfilling Sibyll's 2nd one about Peter escaping.

I wouldn't call Sibyll's card reading the same thing as prophetizing, at least in the strict sense. She was certainly channeling a similar magically ability, one that seers probably have in spades (pun intended). But card or Tarot reading is more like interpreting the signs than prophetizing, don't you think?

Mike

PS - Nikkalmati, I just saw a National Geographic show on the Hittites. After all these years I finally get where you got Puduhepa. :) Will I have to go another 4 years to figure out where you got "Nikkalmati"?