OOP Time Turner

[sevenhundredandthirteen]

No: HPFGUIDX 68986

Mark D wrote (in response to me saying that you can't change time):

 EXCEPT as in history time seems to be written by the victor. If you 
> reread your PoA you'll realize Harry and Hermione went back in time 
> to save Buckbeak, Sirius, and themselves! The deciding factor is 
> that Harry remembers seeing himself.
<snip- refers to 'Bill and Ted'>

Of course! Bill and Ted is an excellent example- but it should be 
noted that they were deciding to go back in time and change something 
that hadn't happened yet. By that I mean that when they are standing 
there and saying- 'I will go back and plant this sandbag at the roof' 
their use for it has yet to occur. They can't go back and say 'Gee I 
wish that sandbag fell on that guy 5 seconds ago' because it didn't. 
Just the same as Harry could go 'Wow, Sirius is falling- if I go back 
in time now I can catch him.' But he can't go 'I wish I caught Sirius 
5 seconds ago' because Sirius has already fallen. 

~<(Laurasia)>~