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Re: Trelawny's Predictions Camilla Send a noteboard - 02/08/2010 02:59:05 PM

But Trelawny's predictions are still holding true. She says Lupin will not be "with us" for very long, and he leaves at the end of the book. Not what she meant, of course, but it follows a trend -- I like how much Rowling depends on double meanings of words or phrases in this book.


I love that she tends to be right in all of her predictions in passing. When she tries to do it, they're awful and set her off as a hack. Every time she says something to a character in passing that's prediction based, it tends to happen. Makes for amusing things to think about when reading through these stories.

Maybe its the cooking sherry. :P


Quite possibly.
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killing - 05/08/2010 02:48:33 PM 1706 Views
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And everything else you noticed and want to comment on. *NM* - 06/08/2010 05:04:46 PM 1022 Views
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Absolutely. - 05/08/2010 08:15:20 PM 1880 Views
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Well, but the question still remains - 02/08/2010 03:04:01 PM 1721 Views
Oh, got it. - 02/08/2010 03:12:47 PM 1808 Views
Ah, interesting - 02/08/2010 03:50:41 PM 1855 Views
The problem came down to actually doing the work. - 02/08/2010 03:54:21 PM 1780 Views
I never had any. - 03/08/2010 03:25:07 PM 1705 Views
I'm finding this one more difficult to discuss. - 03/08/2010 05:38:01 PM 1783 Views
Apparently you are not alone in that. - 03/08/2010 05:48:13 PM 1916 Views
I suppose this is more or less the right place for this. - 04/08/2010 11:59:45 PM 1872 Views
Hehehe - 05/08/2010 12:14:38 AM 1793 Views
I had totally forgotten about that choir and the Ray Bradbury reference. - 05/08/2010 12:37:09 AM 1707 Views
Okay, so possibly a Shakespeare reference also used by Bradbury. Whatever. *NM* - 05/08/2010 12:37:56 AM 931 Views
Possibly? It's the witches in Macbeth. *NM* - 05/08/2010 08:36:20 AM 920 Views
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Re: Since I'm being scolded, I'll try to focus. - 09/08/2010 07:57:02 PM 1744 Views
Re: Since I'm being scolded, I'll try to focus. - 09/08/2010 08:00:01 PM 1815 Views
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I knew I was gonna forget something. - 28/07/2010 06:55:50 PM 1846 Views
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I considered that, but it seemed overly non-trusting, and nobody has posted in them yet? *NM* - 29/07/2010 10:12:23 AM 834 Views
Yet - 29/07/2010 10:13:44 AM 1821 Views
<Tattoos "Poor Impulse Control" on your forehead> - 29/07/2010 11:00:07 AM 1871 Views
I may be missing a reference - 29/07/2010 11:03:47 AM 1741 Views
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Re: I think a little break might be a good idea. Give people a chance to catch up. - 02/08/2010 11:59:20 PM 1775 Views
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There are no words *NM* - 03/08/2010 05:16:51 PM 1010 Views

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