OOP: EVEN DUMBLEDORE HAS MAGICAL LIMITS

[corinthum]

No: HPFGUIDX 64507

Sue asked:

> Okay, I am sure that I am missing somewthing very important that 
> prohibits it, so please gently correct me when I ask a stupid 
> question.  Wasn't one of the rooms in the MoM filled with Time and 
> lots of Time Turners?  Why didn't someone just use a time turner to 
> go back and prevent Sirius falling through the archway?

Playing with time seems to be a very complicated thing.  In PoA,
Dumbledore was adamant about Harry and Hermione not being seen.  In
this case, I don't see how a second Harry (or whoever) could waltz
into the middle of the battle, tell Sirius to duck or whatever would
need to be done, and return to the time room without being seen.

She also said:

> SO when Bellatrix hit Sirius with her second jet of light and Harry 
> jumped down the steps pulling out his wand and Dumbledore  turned to 
> the dais too, and Sirius seemed to take an age to fall-WHY, OH WHY 
> did Dumbledore NOT cast the same spell he had used on the DE and pull 
> Sirius to safety? It would appear the greatest wizard that ever was 
> has limits to his talent.  What do you think.

Well, first of all, the scene was told from Harry's point of view.  I
assumed the slow-motion aspect was purely due to Harry's horror. 
Sirius was hit with the spell and fell in a matter of seconds, hardly
time for even the best wizards to react.  Also, it wasn't clear, but I
got the impression that Sirius was either dead or seriously injured
before he hit the veil.  Even if Dumbledore, or anyone else, had
pulled him back, it may not have saved his life.

Just my take on those scenes.

-Corinth