That Time Turner...

[sandra87b]

No: HPFGUIDX 122916


> Valky:
> But you see JKR never let Harry get hit by the bus the first time 
> round. Time forwardly and backwardly created ONE scenario only, no 
> alternative. *One reality* created by time approached from two 
> directions. 
> Is that starting to become clearer?

Sandra:
Thank you for taking so much effort, Valky. You've tipped me over the
edge and I now think I'm a duck called Shirley. But apart from that, your
answer was really interesting and I appreciate your thoughts! Thanks.

I see your point about time forwardly and backwardly creating one
situation only, but time had to move forward before it could move backward -
rather like the first chicken had to have laid its own egg before it could
ever exist, hence both chicken and egg appeared at the same time. That last
thought made my brain wobble....
I love those time paradox scenarios, because the actual answer always 
remains elusive due to so many potential answers being right... or wrong. 
Sometimes a writer tries to tackle them by suggesting theories, rather than 
leaving them for readers/viewers to wonder about (or miss completely). Have 
you read The Guardian Of Time? That's what got me started on all this Time 
Line theorising - there are whole sections intended to 'help' but nobody 
understands them even in the book. I love to laugh without being made
to feel  foolish at my own intelectual limitations!

Of course, there is another issue here - the stories are undermined
by the Time Turner's own existence. If the spell or technology exists which
can influence time, nothing is final unless the ability to create such a piece is 
very, very restricted. Which in Harry's world, it isn't. I would have thought that 
anyone with such a piece could change whatever they wanted. If the 
all-powerful Voldemort got hold of it, he could prevent Harry being born either 
in a very subtle way (prevent Mr & Mrs Potter marrying) or by going back in  
time and killing Harry at any stage of his life. Likewise, Dumbledore could do 
the same to Voldermort... and let's not forget that Harry could go back and 
save Sirius in Book 5, or prevent the death in Book 4 (forgotten the poor  
chap's name). And maybe, just maybe, he could give it a really good spin and 
go back and save his parents etc etc... you see where this is going?
So because the Time Turner exists as it is shown to, nothing is final. Whoever 
holds that holds a huge amount of power, because that power is not 
restricted or regulated. And don't get me started on the potential if there's  
more than one Time Turner - after all, why shouldn't there be? In my view, 
the whole series of stories gets horribly undermined by one simple plot-aid in 
Book 3. Doesn't it?

Sandra