book 7: back to the future theory

[karenkyla3 <karenkyla3@aol.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 53085

I don't want to be the wet blanket theory here because I really am 
intrigued by Tanya's idea especially that there may be clues in the 
past that Harry has gone back and changed very specific things, but 
as far as killing Voldemort off in the past I am skeptical.  First of 
all, plot-wise it's a cop-out way to solve the problem of Voldemort.  
Secondly, canon states that the time-turner can only be used for 
specific purposes with finite results.  (Hermione tells Harry that 
they can't save Sirius because they don't know what chain of events 
that would set into motion, they must only do as Dumbledore asks for 
which they already have clues of what has been done.)  Killing 
Voldemort in the past has probably the most far-reaching of all 
consequences - it could not be quantified.  It would throw their 
existence out of whack.  Thematically it would be bad because it is 
contrary to what we know of life.  While JoAnn's subject matter is 
certainly in the realm of magic, her themes are those that are 
concrete to what we experience.  By using the time-turner solution 
for the end of Voldemort is to send the message that problems can be 
solved simplistically by going back in time and changing them which 
we know not to be true.  This would drive a wedge between our 
identification with Harry and would ultimately be detrimental to the 
story.  Or at least that's my humble opinion.

Stacey