Actually, it was back in January.
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Subtle distinction.
I doubt that it was my original idea anyway. Still, it's not new.
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If Snape went back in time he would be seen.
Unless Snape used some charm that made him invisible...[/b]
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Ah, a reasonable question.
For one thing, it was dark, late, and everyone was in bed. The only activity was between the Room of Requirement and the Tower. And either of them could have whipped up some kind of illusion or something. These are the big boys. Not an issue.
For another, Snape and Dumbledore belonged there at that time. In the unlikely even that someone was wandering around and bumped into either of them, it would not have made much of an impression. Unless the someone happened by at the precice moment -- which didn't happen.
But anyway, about Dumbledore catching himself:
I may seem to have played-down Dumbledore's weakness at that moment, but I wouldn't go that far. Back in the third book, when Dumbledore was perfectly healthy, he couldn't stop Harry completely -- Harry still got knocked out.
It doesn't seem likely.
(1) We do not know that he could use that trick on himself at all.
(2) Dumbledore's weakness at that moment would have made such a spell more difficult.
(3) Dumbledore's weakness at that moment would have made the impact more devistating.
(4) Dumbledore was an old man anyway.
I still think Snape had to do the catching. If not from below with the time-turner, then from above with a non-verbal spell.
Although, that's a lot to do in such a short time, even for Snape. The fake "Avada Kadavera," with the necessary special effects, the non-verbal spell he actually used, releasing Harry from the freezing charm AND catching Dumbledore and levitating him gently to the ground, while conversing with the Death Eaters on the tower, snatching Draco, running through the door... That's one busy boy. What we need, as Dumbledore would say, is more TIME.
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