JKR's Time Turner (Was *MY* Time Turner)

[koinonia02]

No: HPFGUIDX 124187





"K":

I have no idea how JKR is going to use time-travel but I do believe 
we will see it again. Though I'm not a fan of time-travel at all I'm 
going to trust the author.

If a person uses the time turner and he can't change/affect time, 
then surely that would mean the time turner will only be used to 
show us the past or future. Sort of like the Pensieve. It would 
serve no other purpose that I can think of.

BUT, when JKR introduced time-travel in PoA, she made a point of  
pointing out that there are indeed problems with time traveling if 
one is not careful. In order to ignore those warnings, one has to 
excuse the word of McGonagall and Hermione in some way. McGonagall 
is exaggerating and Hermione is tired or some other excuse. I just 
don't buy into that line of thinking. 

Hermione is insistent that *they must not be seen* and they are not 
to *change anything*. If it won't matter, then why does the author 
have Hermione repeat those phrases numerous times?  

I'll just list some of the time traveling scenes and leave it at 
that.
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QUESTION: Will Harry time-travel again?

JKR:  Not telling!

America Online/October 19, 2000
http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2000/1000-aol-chat.htm

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'There must be something that happened around now he wants us to
change,' he said slowly.
poa/ch 21/pg 290/uk

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'Hermione,' said Harry suddenly, 'what if we-we just run in there,
and grab Pettigrew-'

'No!' said Hermione in a terrified whisper. 'Don't you understand?
We're breaking one of the most important wizarding laws! Nobody's
supposed to change time, nobody! You heard Dumbledore, if we're seen-
poa/ch 21/pg 291/uk

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'Exactly! You wouldn't understand, you might even attack yourself!
Don't you see? Professor McGonagall told me what awful things have
happened when wizards have meddled with time...loads of them ended
up killing their past or future selves by mistake!'
poa/ch 21/pg 292/uk

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'He won't be there for another couple of hours...oh, this is going 
to be difficult...'

She looked nervously over her shoulder into the depths of the forest.
poa/ch 21/pg 295/uk

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'OK,' said Hermione, getting a firmer grip on buckbeak's rope. 'But 
we've got to keep out of sight, Harry, remember...'
poa/ch 21/pg 295/uk

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'Harry, *we mustn't be seen!*.
poa/ch 21/pg 296/uk

*'See'*, Hermione whispered. *'See what would have happened?* We've 
got to keep out of sight!'
poa/ch 21/pg 296/uk

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'...There's nothing we can do! We came back to help Sirius. We're
not supposed to be doing anything else!'
poa/ch 21/pg 298/uk

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'Hermione!' said Harry suddenly. 'We've got to move!'

'We mustn't, I keep telling you-'

'Not to interfere! But Lupin's going to run into the Forest, right
at us!'
poa/ch 21/pg 299/uk

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'I think I'd better go outside again, you know,' said Harry
slowly. 'I can't see what's going on - we won't know when it's time-'

Hermione looked up. Her expression was suspicious.

'I'm not going to try and interfere,' said Harry quickly.
poa/ch 21/pg 299/uk

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For a fraction of a second he stood, irresolute, in front of 
Hagrid's door. *You must not be seen*.
poa/ch 21/pg 300/uk

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Hermione listened to what had just happened with her mouth open yet 
again.

'Did anyone see you?'
poa/ch 21/pg 301/uk