Chapt Disc: Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 16: - More Time Travel Justification

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 190368



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, June Ewing <doctorwhofan02 at ...> wrote:
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> June:
> If it never happened in any timeline, what was the point of sending
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Steve:

You are missing the preventative aspect of it. Something doesn't have to happen, only so you can go back and undo it.

If you know an action is imminent, then you can act to circumvent it, and thereby prevent it from happening. It is a preventative measure.

You assume Buckbeak has to be kill to logically have a reason to go back and change the event. But that is not true. If Buckbeaks death in impending, and you can prevent it from happening that is a perfectly legitimate reason to act. 

And, from Dumbledore's perspective, if he knows Buckbeak escaped, he now has more of an incentive to facilitate that escape. Especially when that escape can be twisted so as to help Sirius also escape. 

What if Buckbeak wandered off? What if some other mischievous students helped him? What if the Centaurs intervened? What if the House Elves intervened? Regardless of why Buckbeak escaped the first time, sending Harry and Hermione back in time can use that escape to their advantage.

If some one facilitated Buckbeak's escape, the Harry and Herione can find them and get Buckbeak back. If no one helped Buckbeak escape, then Harry and Hermione themselves can facilitate the escape.  

There are many scenarios in which Buckbeak does not have to die to justify sending Harry and Hermione back in time. 

There are very real reasons and justifications for sending them back under circumstances in which Buckbeak does not need to die first. 

So, while I do understand the counter argument to the "time happened once" view, I don't buy this particular justification.

But, as always, just one man's opinion.

Steve/bboyminn