Is time changing or are people changing in time?

[snow15145]

No: HPFGUIDX 111612

Snow wrote previously:
> 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:

The sorcerers stone was to ensure Flammel eternal life. If Flammel 
worked with Dumbledore in the making of the stone, Flammel would have 
already been over 500 years old at the time Dumbledore was born, what 
use was the stone to him if he could live that long before making it. 
Flammel was 665 years old in 1991 and Dumbledore was said, by JKR in 
an interview, to be 150.


Snow previously:
> 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:

The Lexicon states that Bertie Bott Beans were created by mistake in 
1935. This information was found on a Famous Wizard Card. This would 
have made Dumbledore somewhere around 94 years old when the beans 
were first invented, a bit old even by wizarding standards to call it 
his youth.  


Snow previously:
> 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:

LOL! I always say what's my mother doing in that mirror! I wrote a 
fairly good poem about this subject once called in the blink of an 
eye because that's how fast it happens. As far as Dumbledore changing 
to go back in time, I would think it would be a safety measure to 
ensure that he could move around without being noticed by himself or 
anyone else, which would make it less likely that he would alter 
time.  

Snow previously:
> 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!

Snow:

Thanks! It's just that one statement by Dumbledore that haunts me, 
where he says to Fudge as he looks at his watch "I'll give you one 
hour of my time tonight". I realize it could simply be a way of 
talking but I don't think so it sounds like something more than that.