*MY* Time Turner -- Make it short, quick, and to the point...

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 124181


Del replies:
I thought so too, at first. But after reflection, I realise that it
doesn't have to be that way.

As long as Harry and Hermione end up Time-Turning, then
their doubles *are* roaming around anyway. So even if they had
Time-Turned a couple of hours later, they still could have saved
Sirius.

Let's say that they don't TT in the hospital wing, and after all the
commotion about Sirius having disappeared, they head off to
Gryffindor Tower, about a couple of hours later. But DD stops them on
the way, and sends them back 5 hours. So they do everything they did
in PoA, except that after saving Sirius, they hide and wait for two
hours, and then discreetly head off to Gryffindor Tower. See, it
still works!

So I guess the reason for DD being in such a hurry is indeed
security.

vmonte responds:

But, the reason why Dumbledore sends H&H back when he does is because
he wants to make sure that it is done during a point in time that the
children were supposed to be locked in at the hospital. Since the
children are already separated from the rest of the school, and in an
area in which they probably would have less contact with other
people, they would have less chance of interfering with any other
event/changing any other future event. Waiting until after everything
played out before making a change causes the most TT interference 
IMO. Besides, I don't think that Dumbledore would wait till the
events had completely played out before attempting to save Sirius. If
he waits and Sirius is killed, then Dumbledore knows that his TT plan
will fail. Do you see what I am saying? If Sirius dies, then Harry
and Hermione obviously failed in saving him. (Trying to stop events
before they happen seems a better and more hopeful idea IMO.)

I also don't think that having Harry wait for two hours is a good
idea. This gives him time to think about other things he might like
to change...would he start looking for Peter first, etc.

Making it short, quick, and to the point seems the best way to use a
TT IMO.

Vivian