Are there any good guesses out there of what the apocalyptic-seeming prophecies about Harry might mean? The one about tearing apart the stars could be a reference to star-lifting. Could the “end of the world” prophecy just mean that Harry would change the world or something?
From the minutes after Trelawney’s interrupted “he is coming” prophecy:
“If someone’s going to tear apart the Sun we’re really in trouble!”
That seemed rather unlikely to Harry, unless the world contained scary things which had heard of David Criswell’s ideas >about star lifting.
Harry, you are the scary thing. (And I really hope Harry ends the world as we know it.)
Are there any good guesses out there of what the apocalyptic-seeming prophecies about Harry might mean? The one about tearing apart the stars could be a reference to star-lifting. Could the “end of the world” prophecy just mean that Harry would change the world or something?
As in “the end of the world as we know it”? Maybe.
That’s the trouble with prophecies: You only really understand them in hindsight …
From the minutes after Trelawney’s interrupted “he is coming” prophecy:
Harry, you are the scary thing. (And I really hope Harry ends the world as we know it.)
That’s what all historical end-of-the-world prophecies have ended up meaning.