Penseive, Slytherin, Lily's Parents and Time Travel

[Amey Chinchorkar]

No: HPFGUIDX 108638

-	Jen: 
-	One theory (from Greywolf, I think) was the incident Harry saw
-	was only a "cover memory" placed in the Pensieve to protect other
-	memories. That way if Harry did get in there by chance, he would see
-	perhaps a humiliating memory, but not the actual *worst* memory
-	Snape is protecting. If this is true, then Snape probably
-	specifically chose that cover memory because it was proof of James'
-	arrogance. 

Amey:
Cover memory? Can anyone control what memories a person entering the penseive see? I mean you can choose memories out of penseive (as dumbledore does), but how can you control an intruder? And if it is true, does it mean that Dumbledore wanted Harry to see the trials? What did it show him?


-	Magda
-	So I'll give old Salazar a
-	break until I can see proof that he really hated muggleborns rather
-	than was just nervous about them.  

Amey:
Then what was the Basilisk doing in the Chamber? Was he pulling out an Hagrid-Aragog act? (Sorry. Couldn’t help it
. That was not supposed to sound as mean as it came out)

-	DuffyPoo:
-	I believe this is a mistake on JKR's part, and I will believe that until it has been there awhile.  She meant to say Harry's grandparents (I think) but that would lead to speculation about James' side of the family.  

Amey:
It is still there on the site, so I think it is final. But then, you don’t call a half-blood (like this makes Lily) a mudblood, right? And Snape is enough knowledgeable in that respect to differentiate between a mudblood and half-blood. So unless Snape made a mistake under duress, I think Lily’s parents are muggles and she is muggleborn. That makes her grandparents also muggles , right?

-	vmonte
-	You could kill a bad guy but in the process allow an even worse bad guy into power. Maybe Voldemort would have never come into power if DD didn't defeat Grindelwald in the first place. Who knows? DD is definitely messing with time somehow, and I think he has made some serious mistakes.

Amey:
Yes, I agree with you here about the side effects of the time travel. But about Dumbledore messing with time travel, I wouldn’t go that far. He has enough understanding of the complexity it will generate to mess with time. I think he is plainly acting as a historian or observer. He studies and analyses the events using time travel, not change them.


Amey



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