Pensieve, Time-turner (was Re: Lily's physical description, and a bit more appar

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, jina haymaker
<collegegirl200521 at y...> wrote:
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> When JK introduced the time-turner I wondered why no one ever went
back in 
> time and try to save the Potters, but I'm not too sure that Harry is
the one 
> to do it, he probably will (if he even is let to go back in time
which I 
> don't think will happen either).
> 
> Jina

I suspect the answer to the Time Turner question is that JKR uses the
"easy" form of time-travel.  That is, she predicates that the past,
being the past, can't be changed.  That way she doesn't have to worry
about time paradoxes.

When Hermione says "Bad things happen to wizards who mess with time,"
we tend to think she means there are laws against it.  However, I
think she may mean that there are "natural" consequences to messing
with time.  That is, history protects itself against paradoxes, and
the backlash against a wizard who tries to change time is not pretty.

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