Buckbeak's Execution and Other Questions

[rzl46]

No: HPFGUIDX 100473

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rusmirmusic" 
<rusmir_music at h...> wrote:
> MaggieB wrote:
> > I remember a long time ago (years ago?) we were all discussing 
the 
> time turner bit and trying to determine if we really witnessed two 
> courses of events or if we witnessed one course of events 
interpreted 
> in two different ways.  In other words, was Buckbeak really 
executed 
> the first time and then the time turner brought him back to life or 
> did he not really die the first time (because HH were already there 
> to rescue him)?  


"rusmirmusic" wrote:
> >  
> However, the more interesting question is: How did Dumbledore know 
> all of this was going to happen even before the supposed Buckbeak 
> execution. Again, the movie makes it much more explicit, with DD 
> stalling Fudge and others and pulling them away from the sight of 
> Buckbeak. The book, I believe, talks about an amusement in his 
voice, reminiscent of that damn puzzling twinkle in the eye. So, what 
time 
> does DD exist in? And how does he seem to know what will happen in 
the immediate future (or possibly even further)? Does time flow 
differently 
> for him, is it more circular, or is he really a visitor from the 
future? 
> This, I think, is the key to the books! 


Aha!  Is this more evidence for the REDHEAD FOREVER theory?  

MaggieB--who is hoping that she remembered the correct acronym and 
apologizes for the one-liner but must hurry back to class because she 
only gave her students a ten minute break--says a lot about my HP 
addiction, huh?