*MY* confusion about the Time Turner

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 124180


Valky wrote: 
"There is a simple and logical reason for it. The children had to
hurry so that they could run back to hospital wing afterward, while
the rest of Hogwarts was distracted by Sirius and be locked in so they
couldn't be accused of having something to do with it."

Del replies:
Let's say they Time-Turned a couple of hours later. DD locks them in
the hospital wing, Sirius escapes, Snape and Fudge come rushing in,
and the kids are found locked and innocent. Then they are sent to
their dormitory, and they Time-Turn there. Nobody's the wiser, nobody
can accuse them of anything.

Valky wrote:
"Ok lets remedy that by saying that they hid in the Forbidden Forest
and waited until the time of their original Timeturning to return. 
With a WEREWOLF running loose. Very Very Bad IDEA. "

Del replies:
That's a good one! Though that flaw already existed in the original
plan, as the-medium-that-must-not-be-named showed. But there was
indeed no reason to expose the kids to the werewolf for longer than
necessary. But this could have been solved in some other way, like
having them hide in some place safe.

Valky wrote:
"Besides this, after Sirius is found to have flown the coop and Snape
 comes barging into the hospital wing, if they weren't there because 
they timeturned a few minutes later, they have been caught."

Del replies:
Time-Turning a few minutes later would have been stupid indeed. The
original suggestion mentioned hours, not minutes, later. In that case,
the kids are in the hospital wing when Snape comes looking for them.

Valky wrote:
"And even if they were still there, Snape KNEW they had something to
do with Sirius escape, thats probably Legilimency at work and it might
have told him that they *hadn't* actually done it yet. So, again,
Really BAD Idea."

Del replies:
Huh? What would Legilimency reveal if they didn't know yet that they
would later Time-Turn?

Valky wrote:
"Dumbledore was right to tell them to hurry, a teensy tiny window of 
opportunity was opened and it was not long before it shut tight again,
ability to go backwards in time was never going override that fact."

Del replies:
There's no window of opportunity in Time-Turning. Either you Time-Turn
or you don't. If you do, then two of you were there all along, no
matter when you Time-Turn. If Harry and Hermione had Time-Turned 2
hours later (5 hours back of course), two pairs of them would have
been there all along all the same.

As I said in another post, I now believe that the main reason DD sent
them back at that time is that he didn't want them to know whether
they would succeed or not in saving Sirius.

Del