[HPforGrownups] Re: The "Missing 24-hours" - an alternative take

[Chelsea2162 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 42425

This is tricky, because there is NO canon, really, for that time period. We 
don't know what happened, so ANY guess is a good one. I

It's true that we haven't seen any Time Turners used to go into the future, 
but I'm betting that there are devices that can pull it off. If you can go 
into the past, why not go into the future? You may say "well, the future 
hasn't happened already!" Well, I'm sure that to people who meet time 
travelers, they're thinking the same thing.

>>No, I don't see how your theory can hold water,<<

And I disagree with the idea "not holding any water". Why couldn't a device 
have been used? Dumbledore could have told Hagrid that he couldn't make it to 
Privet Drive any earlier than a specific time, so it might have been a good 
idea to move forward in time. It doesn't particularly sound like a great idea 
(for who knows what they could have missed, or passed), but ANYTHING could 
have happened so far. Who knows, maybe Hagrid and Harry stopped at the Leaky 
Cauldron for a day, chatted up the ladies, and knocked back a few. Sure, that 
sounds ridiculous, but we DON'T know. And I personally think the idea of 
travelling into the future is pretty cool.

Some very strange ideas have been tossed out, and this is not one of them. In 
a situation like this, where we don't really have much of an idea as to what 
happened, something like this could explain it.

>>Appart from the time turner device, too, you give no further evidence 
of the ability of Hagrid to use the powerful magic that I feel would be 
needed to catapult him, a baby and a motorcycle into the future<<

AND...why COULDN'T Hagrid work a device to 'catapult' them into the future? 
Didn't Hermione use a TT to catapult her, Harry, and Buckbeak to the present? 
If Hermione did it, why couldn't Hagrid? Sure, Hermione's very smart, but 
Hagrid isn't stupid. He wasn't expelled because he was a horrible student, 
after all. If there's a device that can bring you into the future, why 
couldn't it bring a man (albeit a giant one), a baby, and a motorcycle, if 
the opposite device could handle 2 teenagers and a hippogriff?

What I'm trying to say is that we should be open to all theories, and not 
shoot them down. There's a chance that Ali could be 100% correct. There's a 
chance she could be completely wrong. However, she had a good theory, and it 
could fit logically, so we should be open to it. We don't know yet exactly 
what happened, so we may as well make guesses. Personally, I'm holding onto 
my theory of Hagrid and Harry flirting and drinking. *raises Mai Tai in a 
toast* May all future theories be given consideration.

*Chelsea*