Time-turning (was: Snape and DADA)

[tylerswaxlion]

No: HPFGUIDX 112553

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "greatelderone"
<greatelderone at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "tylerswaxlion" 
> <ctcasares at s...> wrote:
> > And the more we discuss PoA in depth, the more I really think that
> > McGonnigal and Dumbledore were extremely rash in allowing Hermione 
> to
> > TT for more classes.  Yes, she's the brightest wizard of her age. 
> > Yes, she obeyed the rules and nothing "bad" happened.  But it cost
> > Hermione roughly a month or so of her life (living 1-3 or 
> more "extra"
> > hours all school year--in effect 27 hour days in a 24 hour 
> period).  
> 
> GEO: You're forgetting that the wizards can age 1/2 the rate as 
> normal people. It's not exactly a large sacrifice in itself and in 
> the end she still had the same amount of time on Earth as the rest 
> of them.
> 

No, I didn't.  I realize it's not a lot of time, especially to a
wizard.  But there's nothing I wouldn't do to get an extra month with
my father or grandfather.  

It's easy to write off time when you've got a lot left.  But when
you're at the end...you may well regret it.
> 
> > Did anyone at Hogwarts consult with Dr. & Dr.
> > Granger, explaining the "lost month" of life?  There's no canon for
> > it, so we just have to guess, but it bothers me that the "good 
> guys"
> > would do something so risky with a 13 y/o.
> 
> GEO: I really don't think the Grangers at this moment care. If they 
> allowed their daughter to go back after the basilisk petrified her, 
> I don't think they'd care about a month off her life.

lol--that's a point.  However, Hermione is only 13 in PoA.  She's not
mature enough to be signing away an hour of her life, much less a
month.  I'll just pretend her parents were consulted.  There.  All
better now.  ;^)