Some Questions, if I may

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--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, stephanie75 at a... wrote:
Hi, Stephanie, welcome to the list!
	
> In PoA, Hermine was allowed to use a timeturner to take extra classes. It 
> says the use of one is closely watched by the ministry. I suppose you can't 
> use it to change history or prevent deaths, I imagine that is why they are 
> under such supervision by the ministry, if anyone could do it,no one would 
> ever die or make a mistake etc. But couldn't a powerful wizard like Voldemort 
> get one from somewhere? Wouldn't he keep going back to one of the three times 
> he has had Harry(since he has been grown) and kill him straight away instead 
> of wasting time and telling Harry how he accomplished coming back? 

	I would think Voldemort would be extremely wary of doing this. If 
he were successful in preventing his own defeat, then he would be 
facing a very dangerous rival -- himself! If he goes back after the 
resurrection in GOF and kills Harry at birth, then Harry's blood will 
not be available to resurrect him...resulting in a major paradox which 
will probably cause the entire alternate universe to fold up like a 
paper hat ;)  (thanks to Pratchett for the simile).
 
>> And why does he like Draco so much?  I 
> just don't see how he is innately good when he treats the good students bad 
> (not just Harry) and the ones who will probably end up  being death eaters, 
> he treats nice! 
> Again, sorry if I interrupted !!         

	Snape gets discussed alot! Snape is probably *good*, ie, not a 
Dark Wizard. That doesn't mean he has to be nice. There are loads of 
Snapish people in the world (I know some), who nonetheless manage to 
hold onto their jobs. They can make very loyal hard-working employees, 
since they know there are lots of bosses who wouldn't put up with them. 
The downside for the boss is that it is hard to get other people to 
work with them. This could be one reason the Dark Arts job is hard to 
fill. Also, I have the feeling there is no love lost between Poppy 
Pomfrey and Snape. Why does Snape have Filch tend to his injured leg 
instead of Pomfrey? (in SS)
	As for sucking up to  Malfoy, we have seen that Draco  tends to 
talk too much. Snape IMO is cultivating him as a source of information.
Pippin