HP4GU Contest #12 -- The Mirror of Erised

[joym999 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 23972

Hello, L.O.O.N.s, contest fans, HPnuts, kneazles, and everyone else.  
It's time for another contest!  Yay!!!!!

I know everybody likes the puzzles the best, but they are a lot 
harder to create than the speculative and creative contests, so if 
you've already sharpened your pencil in the hopes of finding a new 
puzzle, you will have to wait another week.  Or two.

This week we're going to speculate.  This is a topic which has come 
up from time to time, but I would like to explore it even further.  
The topic is: The Mirror of Erised.  We know that Harry sees his 
family; and Ron sees himself as the best of the Weasleys, but what 
about everyone else?  Dumbledore says that he sees warm socks, but do 
you believe him?  What about Hermione?  Dobby?  Neville?  Sirius?  
Snape?  Filch?  Crookshanks?

Send me a paragraph or two of speculation about a character in HP and 
what you think she or he would see in the Mirror of Erised, and why. 
(The "why" part is very important – please don't send in one line 
without backing it up somehow – we want explanations, no matter how 
weird or convoluted or fantastic.)

If you are sick of speculating about whether Hermione would see 
herself as Minister of Magic or leading a mass demonstration of 
100,000 elves, how about this:  Speculate about your fellow listies.  
What would Penny Linsenmeyer see in the Mirror of Erised?  (My guess 
is a sleeping baby, or maybe a waterproof house.)  And I know exactly 
what Steve Vander Ark would see – JKR handing him her newly written 
treatise (which would be the size of a large watermelon) entitled 
"Every Moment of Every Day of Harry Potter's Life, from the Day He 
Was Born Until the Present."  And in case you're thinking of getting 
fresh, and daring to tell the Contest Witch what you think she'd see 
– I'll tell you right now that I've ALREADY looked in the Mirror of 
Erised and it showed me exactly what I knew it would – Antonio 
Banderas.  Sigh.

Please submit your entries BY EMAIL to HP4GUCon at aol.com.  (Save your 
entry since there have been a lot of problems with sending email from 
the website.  You will receive a confirmation from me when I receive 
it; if you don't please resubmit.)

--Joywitch