Time Turner Question (Oh no, not again!!)

[flying_meese]

No: HPFGUIDX 72180

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bohcoo" <sydenmill at m...> 
wrote:
> I spent a couple of (very interesting) hours browsing the archives 
> looking for discussion on this and couldn't find it -- so, figured 
> I'd open that facinating debate once again -- or inspire a person 
> who posted on this earlier to help me:
> 
> What on earth was the big deal in POA about, "You mustn't be 
seen..?" 
> Dumbledore makes a huge deal about it and then Hermoine mentions 
it 
> every other sentence to Harry during their Time Travel adventure.
> 
> Wasn't Hermoine seen all the time in the second classes she was 
> taking with the aid of the Time Turner? So, what was the big deal 
> about being seen?
>  
> You might say that what Dumbledore meant was that they shouldn't 
be 
> seen by themselves, but the very first reference to "being seen" 
was 
> when they cast nervous backward glances to the castle as they ran 
to 
> Hagrid's the second time, "what if someone was watching?" That was 
> most certainly not referring to them seeing themselves as they 
knew 
> their past selves were already at Hagrid's. Plus, further mentions 
of 
> being seen referred to other people, not themselves.

> 
> Thanks, all.
> 
> Bohcoo

I believe the biggest deal is with being seen by your past self. 
Thus Hermione mentioning how wizards using the Time Turner had been 
killed by their past selves or vice-versa. As for Dumbledore's 
warning it may have been to prevent anyone from figuring out what 
was going on. Snape probably knew about the time-turner and maybe 
Fudge also since permission came from the Ministry. So where as when 
Hermione appears/disappears strangely Harry, Ron etc don't think 
twice about it, someone else aware of the time turner may put 2 & 2 
together.

FM