Time travel pondering

[allandre]

Im POA Harry and hermoine go back into the past to save both buckbeak and S. Black. Harry sees himself cast a potronous, Hermoine almost sees herself in the trees. Both harry and hermoine hear hemoine howl to distract lupin. Hers my question, does this or does this not form a kind of time paradox. ok think of it this way..

Present H&H go to past H&H's time..
Past H&H Pick up on hint to know what to do in the future
Present H&H go back to their time and continue on with life..
Does this mean that past H&H when in their own present will go back in time too?

Doesnt it just put them in a time loop of constantly going back in the past over and over and over?

[Juliet Delia]

Ahaha. This is a really good question. So many theories to think about and so many sides to look at the whole thing from.

The way I think about it, they aren't in a constant loop. Gah its so hard to figure out how to put into words. XD But basically, I simplify it for myself like this. It was all fate, destiny, whatever you wanna call it. One of the events cannot exist without the other. It's so mind-boggling. I think that period was just a hole in time where it the present depended on their time-travel selves doing something right, in order for the people in the present to be able to become the time travellers and save their former selves.

Hell, now that I think about it, yeah, it really is a loop. But yeah. There's so much to consider. So once again, to summarize, one cannot exist without the other.

[destiny]

that makes alot of sense seeing as wouldnt it also in it because hermione saw herself saving buckbeak though

[Joshua O'Neill]

There is a major fact to consider. Neither Harry nor Hermione knew that it wass them. Hermione was unsure of what she saw, and Harry presumed it to be his father. A paradox would only be formed if they knew for certian it was them, and deliberately sought out time travel as the only option...