[HPforGrownups] (Time Turner)

[Brian Yoon]

No: HPFGUIDX 32871

From: Elizabeth Dalton <Elizabeth.Dalton at EAST.SUN.COM>

> consequences if an error is made with the Time Turner ("Mis Granger, you
know
> the law-- you know what is at stake... *You must not be seen.*"), but
those
> consequences are never really spelled out. If it's only that you have to
worry

Which reminds me of a question that kept poking at me.

How is Hermione able to use the Time-Turner to go to all her classes?  If
she is using them to attend them at the same time, then wouldn't she be seen
by the other classmates of her class (in fact, she is, seeing that Ron talks
about her classmate seeing her talking to the professor)?  If she could use
the Time-Turner, why doesn't she use it over and over during the same
time-period at night so she could study AND sleep at the same time?

Some possible answers, in my mind:

1. As long as different people see the Hermione (such as Ron and Harry's
classmates in the class they share and Hermione's own classmates), it's all
gravy.

2.  It taxes the mind, so that people are loathe to use it multiple times.
In fact, using it and sleeping is useless, as the user is as tired as if
s/he did not sleep.

3.  It's physically impossible for there to be more than 2 of the same
person at the same time.  (Don't ask why: it's a Newton's Law)

Thanks all,

Seiryuu
aka Brian Yoon
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HP_Seiryuu/