Time turner whodunnit/MAGIC DISHWASHER

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 39830

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "grey_wolf_c" <greywolf1 at j...> wrote:
> darrin_burnett" wrote:
> <snip who knows about Hermione's TT>
> > Yes, but why wouldn't Snape know? I would think ALL the faculty 
> > members would have to be appraised of Hermione's schedule and the 
> > method she was using to take seven classes in a five-period week. 
> 


Grey Wolf wrote:


> IMO he does know. If you have been following the MAGIC DISHWASHER 
> theory, you'll notice one of it's main points is that Dumbledore 
has 
> Snape well informed of everything that's going on. Only that, 
appart 
> from being very nasty and a great potion teacher/master, he's also 
a 
> good actor, and he doesn't want Fudge to know what's really going 
on 
> (not that he needs much help, but you never know).
>  


I dunno. You have to swallow a lot to go with this facet of the Magic 
Dishwasher theory. Snape was REALLY ticked off at the end of PA and 
wasn't informed that Sirius Black was on the side of the good guys 
until the end of GoF. 

So, if he thought Hermione had anything to do with helping Sirius 
escape, I have to believe he'd rat her out. At the end of PA, no one 
really knew how much of a coward Fudge was. There is a line in GoF 
about Dumbledore "seeing Fudge for the first time"

Out of spite, Snape basically forced Lupin to resign by letting it 
slip he was a werewolf. If Snape has been part of the anti-Voldemort 
team for all this time, I don't think he does that.

I find it easier to believe Snape wasn't told about Hermione having 
the Time-Turner than him knowing all along and play-acting for Fudge. 
Maybe only the affected professors were told. Perhaps Dumbledore 
decided it wasn't a good idea for the head of Slytherin house to know 
a Time-Turner was around.


> > And I would think Hermione taking two classes at once would be 
> > noticeable to more than just Harry and Ron. All the students in 
both 
> > classes would wonder about it too. 
> > 
> > "darrin burnett"
> 

Grey Wolf:

> She's ignored by most of the students. I don't find that hard to 
> believe that no-one notices her multiple classes except those 
really 
> close to her (but Harry and Ron are not particularly focused) and 
> faculty teachers, who may or may not have been told at the 
beggining of 
> the year (although I'd say they have all been informed, since it's 
a 
> potentially catastrophic object).
> 

By third year, I wonder how "ignored" Harry, Ron and Hermione really 
are. These guys defeated most of the teachers' protective spells in 
their first-year and Harry and Ron took on the Chamber of Secrets 
basilisk in second-year. If I was a regular Hogwarts student, I'd 
make it a point to pay attention whenever these three were skulking 
around.

Now, to answer mine own question... Perhaps people thought she was 
just working through the courses on her own, kind of like a 
correspondence course. She was taking Muggle Studies and Ancient 
Runes, two courses without a lot of practical studies.

Darrin Burnett -- 
Wish I had a godfather who bought me Firebolts