[HPforGrownups] My (somewhat belated) thoughts on Time Travel in PoA

[Nguyen, Marc]

No: HPFGUIDX 42040

Aldrea WROTE:
>>Actually, it's Dumbledore's ONLY trip through this time frame.   He 
>>didn't go back in time with the Trio, for him Buckbeak is just now 
>>being rescued and was never actually executed.  But perhaps he can 
>>guess what is going on.  He more than likely knew the Trio was 
>>helping Hagrid with the defense on Buckbeak, and so when the lil 
>>hippogriff mysteriously gets away, I don't think it's such a huge 
>>mental leap for Dumbledore to assume the Trio played a part in it.

I think this is it!!! Dumbledore thought that the Trio initially *DID* save
Buckbeak, without the time-turner. Now, by suggesting that they go back in
time, they can do whatever they did before(or rather watch it happen), plus
save *another* life(Sirius) by using the first lifeform he thought they
saved anyways!!!!!

So this is a case where Dumbledore was just TOO smart for his own good and
it just happened that the kids figured it out!!!

Marc