• @[email protected]
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    43 months ago

    They do use it to meddle, though, its how the plot in “Prisoner of Azkaban” gets resolved. Also I’m pretty sure that Hermione mentions at one point that people have killed their past selves using time turners, which would not constitute a closed loop of causality.

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      123 months ago

      They do use it to meddle, though, its how the plot in “Prisoner of Azkaban” gets resolved.

      They don’t violate causality. Everything they do during the time-turner is something that was preordained based on things they saw and did before they activated it. The only surprises are instances of incomplete information they had as characters.

      Also I’m pretty sure that Hermione mentions at one point that people have killed their past selves using time turners, which would not constitute a closed loop of causality.

      Sure, but that’s never really explored beyond a one-liner from a grade school kid.

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        33 months ago

        Sure, but that’s never really explored beyond a one-liner from a grade school kid.

        I think the implications are explored in “Harry Potter and the cursed child”, where causality does get violated.

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          Ah, never bothered with that one.

          Edit: looks like it is an “improved version”. But also, they do end up resetting everything to the status quo regardless, so… Shrug