Is time changing or are people changing in time?

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 111595

Snow wrote: 
> I guess the reason I thought of this is because of dear old Albus 
and  his crazy watch along with the dreaded time-turner situations: 
> How could Dumbledore have worked with Flamel in alchemy when 
Flamel  is significantly older?

Potioncat:
We don't know how old Flammel was when they worked togeter...Look at 
this group.  Some of us could be parents (dare I say grandparents?) 
or other members.

Snow:
> How did Dumbledore eat a vomit flavored Bernie Bott Bean in his 
youth  when the company was established well after Dumbledore's 
considered  youth?

Potioncat:
When was Bertie Botts founded?

Snow: 
> Could Dumbledore time travel by altering his appearance so that no 
> one, including his former self, would recognize him? Is it 
possible  that Albus is like Tonks, a metamorphagus? If Albus is a 
> metamorphagus, is he really as old as he appears? How would you 
know  how old a metamorphagus is, really, unless you knew when 
exactly they  were born?

Potioncat:
I would not be surprised to discover that DD was moving about in 
time.  It fits in a modern sort of way with the Merlin stories 
(Merlin aged backwards.)  But, unless he was only going back a short 
time, he wouldn't need to change his appearance.  Trust me.  You 
will not recognise your older self.  You will look in the mirror one 
day in 10 or 20 years and say "Who is that old person?"  If that 
same person greeted you on the street today, you would not 
think "Whoa! That's my older me!"


>Snow: 
> And now the watch! Could Dumbledore be checking his watch to see 
> where else he is at another time in space?
> 
> Potioncat:
That's one of the best ideas about the watch I've ever read!