time travel in PoA

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 41890

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amanda Geist" <editor at t...> wrote:
>
> Buckbeak was already saved because H&H *did* go back in time--even
if they
> don't know this yet. Dumbledore knew that Buckbeak had to be part of
the
> equation, so he was giving H&H a clue, so that when they did go
back, they'd
> be able to figure it out. So Buckbeak *was* the other innocent life
to be
> saved.
> 

Bugbeak was only one of the innocent lives to be saved.  The others
were Harry's own, Hermione's, Ron's and possibly Snapes -- they all
would've been munched by the Dementors if Time-traveling!Harry hadn't
shown up to conjure a Patronus.  That's my favorite bit -- in order
for Harry and Hermione to survive long enough to go back in time to
rescue themselves, they have to have gone back in time and rescued
themselves.

I think the whole time-travel sequence is one of the most perfectly
structured sequences in all the books.  I just love the way all the
pieces fit together.

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com