[HPforGrownups] Re: Time-turning

[Magpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 167596

Steve:
> On the issue of Hermione attending class, naturally I'm
> in the camp of 'it happened once'. But it is important
> to separate how Hermione perceives time and how the
> rest of the world perceives time. To Hermione these are
> three consecutive classes, but to the 'world view' these
> are three simultaneous classes with three Hermiones in
> existence.

Magpie:
Exactly. There are two completely different experiences of time happening at 
once. Hermione is becoming more tired because she is taking more classes, 
experiencing more hours of time in a consecutive way. To everyone else there 
is more than one Hermione at once, but Hermione is never more than one 
consciousness at one time. Same with her and Harry later on. Harry 
experiences both being attacked by Dementors and saving himself, one after 
the other. From an outsider's pov there's two Harrys existing at once, but 
Harry himself is never in doubt as to who he "is" at one time. His cause and 
effect is the same as always: I got surrounded by Dementors, I was in the 
hospital wing, I drove off Dementors. His consciousness never splits between 
the two. When he sees a future self he has no idea what it is, shares no 
consciousness with it. When he sees his past self he recognizes it as a 
memory.

-m