[HPforGrownups] Re: Time-Travel- why Harry *can* save himself

[Carolina]

No: HPFGUIDX 79016

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<< That time marches ever forward. That every yesterday is followed 
by today, and every today is followed by tomorrow. It is not time 
that goes back, it is people who go back.

I agree. In this books happens this way.

<<If I do understand you correctly, you are in the 'it happened 
twice' camp. And are saying that the version of 9PM that I see is 
the final resulting version of 9PM, and in that, you are implying 
that I am missing, or ignoring, all the previous versions of 9PM 
that lead up to that final version. That is a valid theory, and in 
the realm of fiction, is possible, but is it likely? In that light, 
I say, the book doesn't seem to support your theory>>

Yes, to reconstruct the facts is a detective work. Maybe is why I 
like it, because it makes me  think, I know by heart the 'timeline 
can't be changed' argument and I find it too simple. And thank you, 
it is enough that is valid.

<snipping timeline explanation>

<<By 'multiple instance' are you referring to the 'it happened 
twice' theory? One instance without TT!Harry and one instance 
with?>>

No, I was instancing the characters, not the timeline. Multiple 
timelines going wild gives me the chills, but in a sense yes, 
because I concede there was a situation where HH hadn't travel back 
in time.

<<If, in the first instance of time, Harry was kissed by the 
Dementor then he would not have the functional capability to send 
himself back in time to save himself. >>

That was the point of Talisman, that Snape was there pretending to 
be unconscious, and he saved Harry the first time. I quote her: 
"Understand that (#78370,) and you understand that someone else 
saved Harry.  Couple that with Snape's traditional "save Harry " 
role, and the other points in messages #78215 and 78258, and you've 
got my view of it."

There's a dementor&occlumency lesson that contains a interpretable 
snape face, but I don't know the name of that thread.

silmariel