Chapt Disc: POA Ch 16: Professor Trelawney's prediction

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 190311



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
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> Carol, who thinks that Trelawney is rather like Neville: a bit more confidence in her abilities from those around her (even perhaps Great-Grandma Cassandra when Sibyl was a child) might have gone a long way to helping her develop her abilities and interpret her own predictions without having to fudge some of them along the way
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Steve responds:

Sorry to cut so much, in general I agree with you. 

But for a brief moment, let's view this from a different perspective to see if that alters our current perspective. 

So, pardon me while I stray off topic for a moment. I've dabbled in fan fiction, and in one of the stories I imagined, but haven't written, Harry and Ron decide to write the story of their adventures at Hoqwarts. So, they hire a muggle ghost writer to whom H/R/H all relay their versions of the story and the ghost writer compiles them into a final version. They are able to use a muggle ghost writer, because that muggle has a cousin who is a witch. This is convenient because, the Ghost Writer is already familiar with the wizarding world. Her name is "J.K. - oh just call me Jo, everyone does". 

Of course, this is happening after the fact, when Harry and Ron are in their, roughly 30's. 

Now, more or less, back on topic. 

Once the wizarding world reads this story (all seven volumes), the very stories that we have all read, what do you think their opinions of Trelawney will be? 

When they see her as we've seen her, and yes she is a bit of a joke, but she has made prophecies and predictions that were vital and critical to the fate of the Wizarding World.

Do you think Trelawney will then be a bigger joke, or do you think the Wizarding World will have a new respect and admiration for her? 

I think the latter. When the see the magnitude of the predictions she has made, and see the smaller prediction in their larger context, I think they will hold her in high, or higher, regard. 

I think this is a question worth asking, and I think it puts Trelawney into her proper perspective. 

If the Wizarding World knew what we know, how would it change their opinion of Trelawney?

Steve/bboyminn