That Time Turner...

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 122931


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sandra87b" <sandra87b at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> > 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. 


Valky:
Funny you should say that Sandra because that is exactly the point. 
It all exists in one blinding flash of an instant. Forwards 
backwards and inside out. The chicken AND the egg. 
I did say that the answer is probably that noone can explain it.
;D


Sandra:
> 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. 


Valky:
This is why I am sure the TT is not a simple plot device for the 
purpose of Book three's climax. I see JKR eventually connecting the 
whole thing to a Wizard Lore that you will find if you read up about 
Merlin.  
Basically, Merlin says all time and times are like a light. Once you 
flick the switch it fills the room, and is everywhere at once.
BTW Merlin was reputed to have known about electricity because he 
lived backwards in time. 
What is, just is. I guess in Harrys world it is understood that 
changing what is to come *is* the natural course of things. If you 
go back and try to change something you'll find that you were always 
there, and you find yourself a part of the the conclusion that 
always was.