[HPforGrownups] Time turner theory

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No: HPFGUIDX 161838

 Lana Writes:
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> But.. Had the kids not gone back in time, Buckbeak would have died.  Hermoine even saw herself, so we KNOW that this is why he didn't die.  They had already taken him.

Sarah:
Uh oh, this argument again.  :)

Hermione saw herself?  I think that the trio heard both Harry and
Hermione under the cloak, but they didn't know who it was at the time.
 Harry also saw himself cast the Patronus Charm, and likewise didn't
realize who it was.

Forget Back to the Future, and watch Bill and Ted instead.  :)

Both Harrys and both Hermiones were both always there, in both
continuums that we saw them live through.  There's really only one
continuum, but there's two Harrys and two Hermiones for part of it.

Buckbeak never died.  The first Harry and Hermione thought that he
did, but they were hearing MacNair swing his axe into the fence, the
same way he did it the second time.  Because the second Harry and
Hermione were already there, stealing Buckbeak.

I know there will be people who disagree with this interpretation, but
I think it's borne out by them hearing their own footsteps in the
corridor, and especially Harry seeing himself.  He was there both
run-throughs.

This also explains why they can't do something like, for example,
travel back and save Sirius from the veil.  If they had done it, they
would have seen themselves do it.

A lot of people seem to have problems with the way JK has chosen to
use time travel, but I find it to be sort of elegant and avoid most of
the common paradoxes.  I had to read PoA a couple of times before I
realized it, though.

Sarah