Paradox of Time Travel in PoA - Before & After

[smilingator4915]

No: HPFGUIDX 136013

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at y...> wrote:
>  
bboyminn:
>First, all time travel will create a paradox, even the best thought
> > out methods; there is simply no escape from that. However, let's not
> > lose perspective regarding the nature and degree of paradox in PoA; 
> it
> > can be small or it can be large depending on nothing more than a
> > person's perspective. Personally, I choose the small pain free
> > perspective.
> > 

meltowne: 
> I know it's movie contamination, but while Harry saves himself from 
> the Dementors, Hermione also saves them from Lupin by howling.  
> Perhaps you can argue that there is a certain amount of entropy, and 
> that the timestream will correct itself to avoid any paradoxes.  
> 
> Then also remember the way these books are written - they are largely 
> from the point of view of Harry, and presumable his remembrances.  
> Perhaps that is our biggest hint as to why there appear to be no 
> paradoxes - 

smilingator:
Although when Hermione saved them from Lupin by howling is movie
contamination, I thought it was a great add in to help the audience
members who did not read the book and did not yet fully grasp the time
travelling element. 

Anyway, I'm going to assume (I know, it's a bad thing to do) that both
of you believe that TTH!/TTHr! did not change anything by going into
the past. If that's true, then where is the paradox created? I guess I
just keep looking to find out why others are so upset by JKR's
addition of this element into her septology... I am delighted that she
did it and I thought she did a pretty good job of it, except for
Hermione's warning of seeing your past self (which, as Steve explained
in an earlier post, could have just been her exaggerating or
McGonagall trying to scare Hr into being careful). Thanks in advance
for any input everyone.

smilingator