Confusion about the TT. DD knows everything...

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 124231


>I vmonte wrote:
>I think that Harry did go against Dumbledore's wishes during OOTP,
but I think that in books 1-4 Dumbledore was allowing Harry and gang
to do a lot. Why didn't Dumbledore take care of Buckbeak and Sirius
himself during PoA? He could have taken some polyjuice and TT himself
don't you think? It's a pretty dangerous job he gave two thirteen-
year-olds. He is definitely training them, IMO. Harry needs training
in order to be able to defeat Voldemort. Dumbledore is also using
Hermione and Ron's gifts to help Harry along as well.<
<snip of JKR interview>

Betsy responds:
I do agree that Dumbledore gave Harry a lot of leeway throughout the
books. And I agree that Dumbledore having Hermione and Harry do the
Time Turner stuff instead of himself (not sure why he'd need to
polyjuice himself), and his actions in CoS with the whole loyalty
line, are examples of Dumbledore giving Harry a chance to learn.

vmonte responds:
Sorry, my husband often tells me that I assume too often that people 
know what I am talking about.  Anyway, the easiest way to fix the 
problem of worrying whether your past self or another person from the 
past would spot your TT self (or both versions of yourself) would be 
to polyjuice yourself and become an altogether different person. This 
way you can pretty much work undercover without anyone really knowing 
who you are, or becoming suspicious. I don't know why but Aberforth 
and Mundungus come to mind as possible candidates...

Vivian