Ahha!! I've got it... Time-turner not a quick fix

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 122002


I (Vivian) wrote:

I agree with you. I've been saying this for quite a while now.
By the way people really hate time turner theories on this site.

Nicky Joe Responded:
I hate the idea of the time turner in general. Why not use it to go
back and save Sirius? Why was it okay to use it to save him from the
Dementors but not okay to use it to save him from falling through the
veil? If I were Harry, I'd be demanding the thing. I'd probably
even steal it to try and save Sirius. *Terrible things happen to
wizards that meddle with time*. Well, nothing happened to them when
they meddled with it last time. Does Dumbledore have the power to
know when using the time turner is a good idea and when it's a bad
idea? If so, he's bloody more powerful than we ever suspected. It
worked great to further the plot and wrap things up nicely in PoA,
but I wish they would have smashed it to smithereens after that in
order that it never be used again.

vmonte again:

I think the reason why Dumbledore says: "Terrible things happen to
wizards that meddle with time" because terrible things have happened.
DD is not completely all knowing, and he doesn't have the power to 
predict when using a time-turner is always going to work. We have 
only been told about the TT in one case, and it just happens to be on 
a time it did work. We don't know if it has been used previously--but 
IMO it must have.

It was rather easily given to Hermione wasn't it? And do you really
think it was for school? IMO DD/MM must have known that she was going
to need it later on. Since SS/PS the children have been receiving the
training necessary to accomplish certain goals (SSSusan and I have 
discussed this here previously). Are they being trained for something 
in the future? Yes, I believe so.

I don't like TT stories either; I've always hated them, except for
how JKR has used it. IMO the next time we actually see (read about)
a TT being used it will not work out favorably.

What do you suppose Harry or Hermione would do if Ron's parents were
killed in book 6? How about if Fred and George got one? It has been 
previously discussed, on this site, that perhaps Fred and George are 
already in possession of a TT. One poster even suggested that F&G 
used a TT to find out what was going to happen at the Quidditch 
National in GoF. Remember the bet?

I think that someone, with no experience using a TT, is going to use
one causing catastrophic consequences.

DD on the other hand, obviously has more experience using one, and
would know its dangers. (I still think though, that he has made
mistakes while using it. We just aren't privy to that information
yet.)

BTW a TT will not be used to save Lily or James. IMO, I think that
L&J made a choice to die to save their son Harry. I think they 
believed that the only way Harry would survive would be if they
sacrificed their lives. What if they let Wormtail be the keeper on 
purpose? 

It's interesting that with all that DD knows he has no idea of what 
exactly happened at GH. I think that James and Lily were running the 
show that night.

Vivian