Timeturner question - comments anyone?

[Auria]

No: HPFGUIDX 135731

Sandra writes:
> ... anybody in books 4 and 5 could be  saved, and the great big kop-out in book 6 whereby it's claimed that 'all' of the TTs were broken or destroyed, is ludicrous. 
 
> JKR opened a can of worms once she started incorporating the concept of unregulated timetravel into the stories...
 
> As for Hermione's TT, she apparently handed it back...

Hi Sandra
I totally agree with you about JK Rowling's use of time travel - it 
certainly leaves a hugely loose cannon!  I'm so glad that someone 
else feels the same way - I was having a conversation with my brother 
the other day about how I think PoA would have worked better without 
the time-travel in it ie. that they manage to save Buckbeak and 
Sirius the first time round (although PoA is still my favorite 
book!!). Using time travel in any story can often seem a cop-out and 
has huge potential for error, especially in such a long plot as the 
Harry Potter series. As you rightly say, the MoM has a whole room of 
time exploration so logically why can't they manipulate time to go 
back and stop LV from ever becoming so powerful? I'm sure if JK 
Rowling was ever questioned on this she would give some explanation 
of how time-travel is dangerous (as quoted by Hermione in PoA) but it 
still doesn't give a satisfactory answer when it comes to the MoM's 
abilities.  Its also crazy that if time-travel is so dangerous why is 
Hogwarts allowing a student to have a time-turner! You are absolutely 
right that JKR opened a enormous can of worms with this.

Auria  a.k.a Rita  :-)