answer - Viewing the Map.

[Christi]

No: HPFGUIDX 60561

You're right of course, I had forgotten that Harry and Hermione had 
already gone back at that point-I really ought to check cannon before 
I post. Thinking about the time travel paradox does give me a 
headache anyway, and I somewhat doubt JKR is going to explain her 
theory on it as it leads to circular arguments. Though it would be 
interesting to know if time travelers show up twice on the map. The 
twins, Harry,and Lupin all had acces to the map during the time frame 
that Hermione had the time turner. Additionally either nobody thought 
to look for Sirius Black with the map, or they did not do so when 
SIrius Black was on the campus. I do hope we get answers to at least 
some of our questions about how the map works.

Christi


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:r 
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Christi" <christi0469 at h...> 
wrote:
> > While I agree with substantial segments of your arguement, I 
could 
> > not help but point out that Lupin din't notice Harry and Hermione 
> > using the time turner because he was a wolf at the time. 
> 
> bboy_mn:
> 
> It's entirely possible that I am misunderstanding what you are 
trying
> to say, so the best I can do is to comment on what I think you are 
saying.
> 
> Time only occurs once (that's my theory, and I think it's pretty
> solid), however, it is easy to become confused because the story
> unfolds in a linear fashion. Harry and Hermione go into the Whomping
> Willow and to the Shieking Shack then they come back, Lupin turns 
into
> a werewolf, etc... then Harry and Hermione are in the hospital room
> and go back in time and everything happens again but with a second
> Harry and a second Hermione. But that view of time travel will lead 
to
> endless unresolvable headaches.
> 
> What really happens is that Time_Travel!Harry and Time_Travel!
Hermoine
> enter the one and only time line early in the evening, and from then
> on there are two Harrys and two Hermiones in existance. The events
> only happened once. The events are simultaneously live and observed.
> 
> Lupin was in his office looking at the map just before
> Harry/Ron/Hermione went into the tunnel below the Whomping Willow. 
He
> didn't see two of Harry and Hermione because he was concentrating 
on a
> specific area of the map. Remember Lupin said he thought Harry,
> Hermione, and Ron might go down to Hagrid's, so that was 
specifically
> what he was looking for and where he was looking on the map. 
> 
> We both seem to agree, that the map may be selective in what it 
shows
> and may have faded out all the things Lupin wasn't concentrating on 
at
> the moment.
> 
> Sorry if I misunderstood.
> 
> bboy_mn
> 
> 
> 
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