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

[Eustace_Scrubb]

No: HPFGUIDX 95956

Sea Change:
<much snipping>
> If each of your days is 2-sets-of-classes'-worth longer, then you
>*need* more sleep.  The damage to one's circadian
> rhythm for this much of a shift every day is horrendous and takes a
> severe physical toll. In terms of simple physical human survival,
> Hermione needs to live two, or (much easier) three days for every
>day.  
> 
> Also, once she starts doing this, even before you make the
assumption
> she is duplicating entire days, she needs more eats. She needs the
> time to eat more. And, food only goes through your system so fast.

Now Eustace_Scrubb:
Yeah, I wondered about sleep, too.  And more food makes sense.

But wouldn't sleeping while Time Turning be particularly dangerous?  I
mean if you overslept just a bit, you meet yourself coming out of the
Great Hall.  And Hermione seemed very concerned about the dangers of
chance meetings with herself. (I think Hermione herself would be able
to handle it, but what about anyone else who happened to see "both" of
her?)

I'm starting to lean towards the theory that this sort of time travel
_is_ quite similar to travels to Narnia.  That is, it's magic.  It
doesn't make much sense to me as a muggle to begin with, and once I
start thinking about practicalities (the need for extra sleep and
food), I just get more confused.  I think the answer is likely that it
_can't_ be explained to muggles, so I'll just accept it.  When you get
back...if you do it right...it will be exactly when and where you left
and you will not have been affected physically at all.

Now again, how would all of this affect someone who was trying to Time
Turn, say, about 150 years?  A much higher probability of errors, I
would think...

Cheers,

Eustace_Scrubb