The Invisible Hand in the CoS - long

[n_longbottom01]

No: HPFGUIDX 144984

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> 
wrote:

> 
> Jen: That was a really well-constructed theory, n_longbottom. My 
> only addition is Dumbledore could be the one discovered as the 
> invisible time-traveler <g>.
> 
> 


n_longbottom01:

I hadn't thought about it being Time Traveling Dumbledore.  I 
considered Dumbledore, since he claims to be able to be invisible 
without a cloak, and claims to be watching Harry closer than he can 
imagine... but I wasn't thinking in terms of him time traveling to 
watch what was going on.  It makes more sense that Time-Traveling 
Dumbledore would just stand there and watch, instead of helping.

One reason I rejected Dumbledore as the invisible person in the 
Chamber of Secrets is that I don't see how we will be able to learn 
about it in Book 7 if it was him, since (most) everything follows 
Harry's point of view.  If it was Harry's invisible hand lending help 
in the chamber, we can see the scene again from his point of view.  
If it was Dumbledore we would probably just have to be told by his 
portrait... "I threw you the sorting hat when you were in the chamber 
of Secrets fighting the Riddle Diary."  That's less exciting.

I guess Invisible Dumbledore could be discovered if Harry examines 
the battle in the Chamber of Secrets in the pensive.  

I do like the idea that Dumbledore was doing some time traveling 
before he died... it opens up some interesting possibilities.  I like 
the way JKR handled the time-travel in PoA... I would sort of like to 
see it turn up again, especially if the time travel has effects that 
we have already read about in the earlier books (like the collapsed 
secret passage behing the mirror).

n_longbottom01