DD=Harry?!

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 97685

animallover_11 wrote:

As for DD being surprised about Moody:Crouch and the map, it is 
possible that through the time travel some situations will have been 
changed.  Just as if Tom was able to come back in CoS.  Would there 
not be Tom at 16 and VD what ever age he is both living and I am sure 
that would change how things would play out.
 
vmonte responds:

I agree with your thoughts about time travel. I think that DD is
changing history, and that certain situations have changed from the
way they played out the first time around. Many posters believe that 
time travel is not central or important to the Harry Potter 
storyline. And some posters believe that in the Harry Potter 
Universe, time travel can never change history. They believe that, 
for example in WW history, there were always 2 Hermione's and 2
Harry's running around during the saving of Buckbeak and Sirius.
They believe that the Hermione and Harry of the future never changed 
history because they had always been a part of the past as well. 
(Are you confused yet?)

I can understand why people hate the idea of time travel. I'm not
crazy about time travel either, it just seems to fit what I've been
noticing in the books. If I'm wrong (I'm a Ron=DD believer) -- I will
actually be happy!  

Although I believe that DD has been changing history with time 
travel, I don't feel that in the long run his tampering will make 
much difference.  People cannot be controlled (Sirius is a perfect 
example of this); and no one should ever be in charge of another 
person's Destiny. 

I think that how one chooses to live is central to the Harry Potter 
series; and I think that time travel becomes an easy fix it scheme. 
And for this reason I believe that in the long run DD will realize 
that he has not changed much. Circumstances and characters may 
change, but the storyline may ultimately play out the same way, 
because the cast is always being replaced with new players.

What I hate as much as time travel is the idea of a prophecy. In my
opinion it also takes away free choice, and I will be disappointed if
it turns out to be the central focus of the storyline. I hope that
Harry rejects it, and realizes that he is the one in command of his 
own destiny.

vmonte