Time Travel in PoA (was: Lupin is James - time travel)

[Susan Miller <constancevigilance@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48905


Laurasia wrote:

<snip excellent discussion of time travel variations>

> Also, on a completely trivial note in regards to Hermione's daily 
> routine, I'd always assumed it would have been easier for her to go 
> back singular hours at a time, not two classes with breaks in 
> between, simply because they was less chance of her being seen, 
which 
> appears to be the almighty rule of going back in time- 'you know 
the 
> law - you know what is at stake ... You - must - not - be - seen.' 
> says Dumbledore in the hospital wing.
> 


This is where I have a problem. Hermione WAS seen time traveling. 
Everybody in all her classes saw her, and commented on it. "How is 
she doing it? She hasn't missed any (simultaneous) classes?" 
(Paraphrased) Wasn't this breaking the rules? Or did they mean that 
no one should see two copies of someone? But then they wouldn't have 
needed to hide from tipsy Hagrid because he could only see them once.

~Constance Vigilance