Chapter Discussion: Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 16: Professor Trelawney's prediction

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Liz Clark" <liz.treky at ...> wrote:
>
> > Zanooda:
> >> I still think that Buckbeak never lost his head. The kids only thought
> >> he did, because they heard the thud of the executioner's axe and
> >> assumed that Buckbeak was executed. In reality, the disappointed
> >> executioner just swung his axe into the fence (into a pumpkin in the
> >> movie) - Harry and Hermione witnessed it when they went back in time.
> >
> 
> Taya:
> I've been reading for a while, now decided to partiscipate on this time 
> issue!
> Time is linear, that means it only happens once, even if people have a 
> perception of it occuring twice, or more. Therefore, Buckbeak never was 
> beheaded because in the single time stream, Harry and Hermione saved him. 
> The sound of the axe falling wasn't beheading Buckbeak, but when it swung 
> into the fence. The trio assumed Buckbeak was beheaded as from their 
> prospective there was no way of saving him. After Harry and Hermione went 
> back in time, it then became possible for them from their prospective.
> Time travel isn't an easy subject, especially if dealing with non-linear 
> line! But thankfully, in the HP series, it is linear.
>

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