The point of Time-Turning (was Paradox of Time Travel in PoA)

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 132053

davenclaw wrote:
"Then why are people worried about seeing their past-selves when they
 go back?  They should already know if it happened.  "

Del replies:
I'm not sure exactly what is bothering you?

The Time-Turning people obviously know about their past selves. In
PoA, TT!Harry and Hermione keep a close track on their past selves.
Hermione keeps making remarks about how they can't go there because
they'll be seen by themselves, or how they have to move because their
past selves will be coming this way and see them. So she obviously
knows where their past selves are and what they are doing.

The problem is not the TT!people seeing their past selves. It's the
other way around: the past selves seeing the TT!people. As Hermione
explains to Harry, if past!Harry saw TT!Harry, he would most probably
assume that some dark magic was at work, and he might attack TT!Harry
before any explanation could be given.

Hermione's insistent reminder is "we must not BE seen", not "we must
not see". Big difference.

Del