James & Lily in the Mirror of Erised

[caliburncy at yahoo.com]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., Joanne0012 at a... wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., caliburncy at y... wrote:
> > Sadly, for anyone that chooses to accept the movie as partial
> > canon, this fact puts some holes in the theory that several
> > people have espoused on the main list that Harry may see his
> > family as he desires them, not as they are.  
> 
> I guess I missed that discussion.

It's never been an *isolated* discussion, that I know of--just a 
theory that comes up from time to time on the main (not movie) list, 
usually to make some notion of blood relation more credible.  Such as 
people saying just because Dumbledore doesn't show up in the Mirror 
with the rest of the "Potters" in the book, doesn't mean he isn't 
really related to Harry, since the Mirror could show an idealized, 
rather than accurate impression of Harry's relatives.  Or that kind 
of thing.

> Doesn't the book provide sufficient info for that -- wouldn't Harry
> have noticed and commented, if the pictures  from Hagrid showed his
> parents looking different from the mirror?

By my guess, yes, it does, but since that's more suggestive evidence 
then strictly conclusive, people could still get around it.  Even 
now, people still can, especially since we have no reason to accept 
everything in the movie as canon.


Further discussion of this (in terms of the books) would of course 
have to go to the main list.

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Anyway, that post of mine was kind of, umm, pointless anyway, so I 
recommend everyone just ignore it in deference to Pippin's much more 
insightful comments on the subject.

-Luke, who wouldn't mind seeing an MWPP flashback during the 
Shrieking Shack sequence of the POA movie, but is scared that it will 
cause another hormone surge on this list should such a scene ever 
materialize ;-)