Time Turning and Age (was Re: Hermione's Summer)

[Eustace_Scrubb]

No: HPFGUIDX 95819

tallulah wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > Hermione- why is she even at Grimmauld place? 
>
> Sea Change responds:
> 
> My guess is that perhaps due to actually having lived for three
years
> during the Time Turner episode (perhaps even longer, as she *is*
> obsessive about studying and preparation), Hermione is actually
> already 'of age'.  Since she is already 'of age' she is probably
> already an OOP member.  Her particular mission might be to watch
the 
> kids.

Now there's an interesting question...what effect does time-turning
have on a person's "effective" age?  Does Hermione age one hour for
each 9-10AM class she takes third year?  If so, she didn't actually
age three years in that one, because (as far as we know) she only time
turned to get to all the classes.  She only received the time turner
due to McGonnagall's intervention and while Hermione was not as strict
 about following the rules third year as when she started at Hogwarts,
I still doubt she was doing "extracurricular" time-turning that
year...except when she caught Dumbledore's suggestion in the infirmary
at the end of the book.

But do we know whether aging continues normally while time turning at
all?  Or is it like being in Narnia...no matter how long you're there,
when you get back to your own "world" or "time" you are just where and
when you were when you left?  Our sample size of known time-turned
persons is too small to be sure, I think.  I don't remember anything
that would suggest to me that Hermione started acting two years older
than her classmates (except that she's always _seemed_ older than Ron
and Harry) after 3rd year.

The answer to that question could certainly affect the various
theories that involve time travel.

Sorry for the wordiness!

Regards,

Eustace_Scrubb