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Motivation for fixing Little Chicago?

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nadia.skylark:
There have been a lot of debates and theories about who fixed Little Chicago, but I haven't seen any debate about why they did it--everyone seems to assume that the point is to save Harry.

But what if it isn't? What if, instead, they fixed it because they needed to use it? We have WoJ that Harry is first-rate when it comes to making magical artifacts, even compared to wizards with far more experience. Furthermore, Little Chicago took an enormous amount of time to put together, as well as a fair amount of resources. If someone needed to use something like it just once, as opposed to on a regular basis, it would make more sense to fix Harry's and just use that, rather than expend the time and effort to build their own.

morriswalters:
Use it for what?  It's rather specific to Harry's turf.  It was also fixed before first use.

nadia.skylark:

--- Quote ---Use it for what?  It's rather specific to Harry's turf.
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It's a voodoo doll of Chicago. If someone needed to find something in Chicago, or affect all of Chicago with a spell, or spy on people in Chicago who were otherwise inaccessible, then Little Chicago would be a great tool to have. Beyond that, I'm not sure why they'd want to use it--the motivation is likely too specific to the user to generalize. I've lost track of who people think fixed it, but if you give me a list (excluding time traveling Harry, because at least half his motivation is definitely going to be not letting his younger self blow up regardless of whether he needs to use Little Chicago himself), I can try to come up with more specific motivations tailored to each person.

I agree that it's specific to Harry's turf--and it is for this exact reason that someone would just use Harry's rather than make there own. It's way too much work to create something like this for a one-time use, but correcting a minor (albeit deadly) glitch in the spellwork is a lot quicker and more simple.

The real problem with this theory is "how did whoever know about it in order to decide to use it?" but that's a problem regardless of whether they're fixing it for Harry's benefit or their own.

KurtinStGeorge:
The obvious answer is time traveling Harry not only fixed it, he used LC to track someone or something he came back in time to stop.  Why do one job when TT Harry could do two at the same time?  TT Harry just has to get back early enough to get something he can use for tracking purposes, then go to his old home, fix LC in order to use it and then order Bob to keep quiet about the visit. 

nadia.skylark:

--- Quote ---The obvious answer is time traveling Harry not only fixed it, he used LC to track someone or something he came back in time to stop.  Why do one job when TT Harry could do two at the same time?  TT Harry just has to get back early enough to get something he can use for tracking purposes, then go to his old home, fix LC in order to use it and then order Bob to keep quiet about the visit.
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Possibly. Unfortunately this reason contradicts my pet theory about how things would have played out if it turns out to be TT!Harry (sorry for confusion over tenses), so I prefer to believe that if this theory is true, then it was someone other than TT!Harry who fixed Little Chicago. No evidence for this, of course.

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