Time Turners (was Re: Harry at GH

[Mrs.) Lee Storm (God Is The Healing Force]

No: HPFGUIDX 100507

| From: Lanthiriel S
| Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 19:15 PM
| Why is time travel okay in PoA and not in any of the
| other stories? It is clearly dangerous, but how is it
| any less dangerous in PoA than in any other instance?
| Now that I think about it, it would seem to make sense
| for the kids to at least temporarily consider taking
| such an action at different points in the books,
| though better judgment might prevail.

Hi, and welcome to the list! :-)

IMHO, there are a lot of places where Time-Turners might be lovely to use,
but, I think, they could become a simple plot device.  Okay, here we have a
problem; let's use a turner, go back and fix it...Not!

Besides being dangerous and risky, a device overused would make a story a
lot more predictable in certain respects.  Also, JKR would be violating her
own rules, as it were, which emphasize there is, indeed, a danger and risk
and, perhaps, ethical considerations.

If a device is given rules and limits under which it should operate, then
holding to these is very important if a writer wants to be consistent.

As far as what Dumbledore knows, now, here we truly have a mystery man.
<Grin>  He obviously has knowledge of many things we just can't figure
about, but, I believe, there are things he doesn't know.  For, obviously, if
he had known all, he wouldn't have had to confess to making mistakes in his
conversation with Harry in OOTP.

Here's a theory: There is a Department of Mysteries at the MoM; one of the
rooms in this department deals with time; we only saw it at night, the staff
are gone, etc.  Now, what do those Unspeakables do in this room of time?
Could it be that there are some specifically trained to observe certain life
courses or certain events, etc.?  Hmm--talk about Big Brother watching
us...through time! <Shudder>

Anyway, I'm sure JKR will no doubt bring back something to do with time, but
it's got to be either by the rules or correcting a breaking of the rules,
IMHO.

Cheers,

Lee :-)
(Who, for some reason, has been awfully long-winded/fingered this evening.)

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