[HPforGrownups] Re: Who conjures the Prongs Patronus?

[Lynx412 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 54034

In a message dated 3/20/03 6:47:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
mr_ed20854 at hotmail.com writes:


> But to keep the statements consistent, don't we have to accept that if 
> something went 'wrong' it cannot be changed.
> 
> In this particular incident, Dumbledore says to Harry and Hermione that 
> MORE 
> time is needed to rescue Sirius and Buckbeak.  As soon as he uses a 
> relative 
> term, didn't Dumbledore indicate the goal was to make something change?
> 

       The only way things could have gone 'wrong' in this is if H/H hadn't 
used the timeturner. This was what was behind Dumbledore's comment about 
needing 'more time'. He could not come out and say 'use the time-turner and 
save both Buckbeak and Sirius', but he could give them a hint on what to do. 
Even without using the MD theory, he was covering his tracks. If what 
happened that night was ever discovered he can say, in all honesty, that he 
didn't tell them what to do.

       As a long time science-fiction fan, I had no problem with that who 
time-travel sequence. In fact, I was rather pleased at the revelation, 
especially as it didn't involve invalidating the story-line by having James 
or even both of Harry's parents alive and monitoring him.

       Look at it this way...do any of you who wonder who 'first' cast the 
prongs patronus also wonder who took Hermione's finals? She had to be in two 
places at once for that? The patronus is the same thing...Harry just passed 
one of the most important finals of his life.

       Cheryl the Lynx


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