[HPforGrownups] Re: Lupin, the Moon, the Bewitching Hour and the Timeline (WAS TAGS )

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No: HPFGUIDX 32826

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From: cindysphynx <cindysphynx at home.com>

>Hmmm.  I'm trying to work through this time-line a bit.  Let's see.
>
>If we round it off, Hermione, Harry and Ron leave the castle at
>9:00.  They have a visit with Hagrid, and then a one-hour trip to
>Hogsmeade in the tunnel.  According to canon, the tunnel trip Harry
>takes to Honeydukes takes "ages" and Harry doesn't arrive until "what
>felt like an hour."  The Whomping Willow tunnel felt "as least as
>long as the one to Honeydukes."
<snip>
>So now they have only 45 minutes remaining out of their three-hour
>window.  So far, no time has been allotted for the events of the
>Shrieking Shack, Lupin's transformation, the dementor's attack,
>Snape's rescue, Dumbledore's meeting with Black, and regaining
>consciousness.  These latter events must happen *very* quickly.

I'd argue a bit with the timeline. The tunnel trip to Hogsmeade could have *felt* to Harry
like an hour, but it could have been only half an hour or so. I can tell from my
experience that an unknown road feels much longer than a well-known one and since the
"felt like an Hour" quote is from Harry's first time in the tunnel, I think that it's
possible that he didn't judge it properly. He'd never been to the Whomping Willow tunnel
before as well, so it must have seemed longer to him than it really is. This way, there
would be more time for the latter events.

>
>If I do the math correctly, I would guess Lupin transforms pretty
>late -- around 11:20-11:25 would be my guess.  This assumes you take
>8:55, add 2:15 for tunnel travel and 15 minutes in the Shack.

I'd calculate abut 1:15 for tunnel travelling, up to 45 minutes in the Shack and have
lupin transforming at about 11. That would also leave more time for Dumbledore to listen
to Sirius etc.

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