Why a Time-Turner won't work for GH (WasNewbie theory - Harry at Godric's Hollow

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 163999

Ken: 
> You could be right, she does have a thing for clocks and watches. We
> are told that Harry's watch stopped too, but it was a pretty
> ordinary one as I recall. I do not know beyond a doubt that there
> will be no more time travel, I hope against hope that there will
> not be any more.

Jen: I do believe the watches are significant and will prove to do 
something magical.  The obvious purpose should be something to do 
with time!  But I found a hole in my logic, speculation passing as 
canon.  I said Dumbledore used time-travel extensively, meaning to 
get the memories, but really there's no *proof* of that. It's odd how 
he conveniently reached Bob Ogden, Morfin and Hokey right before each 
one died, especially Ogden whom Dumbledore said died 'some time ago'. 
That would mean Dumbledore was tracking down memories long before he 
put together the bit about the Horcruxes and my impression was the 
diary tipped him off and started his search.

Back to the point, if Dumbledore time-traveled, he was seen in each 
of these situations and in the case of Morfin, he attempted to change 
the circumstance.  So he didn't follow the rules of time travel for 
some reason.

Ken: 
> I don't have any galleons but I do have some Interworld Credits I
> won off a Kzin in a poker game. I think I left them in my spaceship
> which, come to think of it, we are going to need if we are to do
> any more time traveling. The Earth moves you see, quite a bit in 
> fact, even during three hours. If we are going back 16 years we've
> got quite a trip ahead of us. Of course not one in a hundred time
> travel authors seems aware of this simple fact. It is a mistake
> H.G. Wells made and most since him have followed in his footsteps.

Jen:  Better keep your Interworld Credits, they're no good here. ;)  
Actually, I'm not counting on a trip back to Godric's Hollow myself.  
I could see the Trio going back to talk to Dumbledore, who wouldn't 
be fazed by the Trio appearing from the future, or using Ron's watch 
for the same reason Dumbledore might have done, for information-
gathering.  That's not exactly exciting but could shorten the Horcrux 
searches.