HP4GU Contest #12 Results

[Joy M]

No: HPFGUIDX 24871

Well, as usual when I post one of these creative-type contests, I am 
disappointed with the quantity of responses, but impressed by the 
quality of responses.

Anyway, here are the results of the HP4GU Contest #12, in which you 
were asked to speculate on what any HP character, or HP4GU 
listmember, or JKR would see in the Mirror of Erised:

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WHAT THEY SEE IN THE MIRROR OF ERISED:

Hermione: A quick-time-turner that manages one century by one turn so 
that she can visit  the Great Library of Alexandria before it was 
destroyed by fire.  WHY: IMO, her desire is knowledge and not power, 
therefore becoming MoM won't be too attractive to her.

Neville: The celebration of his 16th birthday, sitting round a huge 
table there are his parents who have fully recovered, his grandmother 
and the rest of the Longbottom clan. WHY: Explanation not necessary 
in this case, I think.

Gred & Forge:  Themselves at age 21, celebrating their first million 
of Galleons they've made by „Weasley & Weasley Int. Inc.- Wicked 
Wizard Wheezes". WHY: They hate being poor just as much as Ron, but 
are willing and able to do something about it. A career at the MoM is 
out of question and in general they don't seem the types who could 
work their way up through any
hierarchy whatsoever- they're very anarchic characters. So, the only 
way of making money will be
starting their own activity. I don't think they go for the money per 
se, they want to have a great life full of fun and without problems.

Severus Snape: Himself at his sixth year at Hogwarts, together with 
his friends Black, Potter, Lupin and Pettigrew, throwing a private 
Marauder's party in the dungeons, because they successfully did their 
first Animagi- transformation: Severus' Animagus form is an
eagle, his nickname is Sharpeye.  WHY: I believe that Snape's 
motivation for his major
decisions has always been loneliness, frustration and the feeling of 
being inferior. He wouldn't have chosen the company of his future DE 
fellow Slytherins, had anybody else offered him friendship. He spied 
on the Marauders because he envied their friendship and the strength 
of their group. OTOH, he knows that now it might be late for changing 
his ways, so he desires nothing more than being young again and 
making the right choices.

Lucius Malfoy: Himself coming down the stairs of Voldemort's 
mausoleum, beside him his "crown prince" Draco, at the bottom of the 
stairs an interminable line of kneeling Death Eaters, each of them 
swearing eternal loyalty to him and kissing his hand as he passes by, 
mumbling "I have carried out your orders, Master: No more Mudbloods 
and Half- bloods in my territory."
WHY: Lucius wants power and he desires to be the absolute no. 1. He 
detests wizards without "pedigree", but even among pure- bloods, his 
own family is the one most worthy of leadership. Of course he wishes 
his son to continue the tradition.

Susanna

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It's an interesting contrast between Erised and boggarts. Just as the 
mirror shows you want you most truly want, the boggart shows you what 
you most fear. The difference is that thing you want is just a 
picture in a mirror, while the boggart is really there in front of 
you.

So what would happen if a boggart looked in the Erised mirror? Maybe 
it would see crowds of people fleeing in panic from it. But since all 
those people would have their unique fears, that might be too 
destabilizing for the boggart (because it wouldn't be sure what it 
looked like). Perhaps it might see itself as something so totally, 
completely and all-encompassingly terrifying that it would scare 
every human in the world. But that might be an image so powerful that 
it could even scare the boggart.  There would definitely be a problem 
if two boggarts faced the mirror at the same time. Each would want to 
be scarier than the other. They might wind up making one another 
explode!

- CMC

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I actually found a "long lost page" from the Philosophers 
Stone...it's a scene with Dumbledore after Harry has left the 
classroom. I'm not sure why J. K. Rowling didn't keep it in the book, 
but, what can you do?

Here it is....

.....The door closed behind Harry and Dumbledore heaved a great sigh. 
He hated lying to the boy, let alone to anyone.

Besides, what he saw in  The Mirror of Erised was his own business, 
was it not? He sighed again. It would be lovely to share his sights 
with someone else, though. He looked into the mirror now.

He smiled at what he saw. He recognized the place, a small house 
filled with cats. Warm light flowed through the windows. The sun was 
a bright warm colour, like golden wheat. Dumbledore smiled.

There was a woman sitting on her sofa, looking lovingly at him. She 
waved, and he waved back, though he knew he could not see her. 

"Arabella Figg," he whispered. "to have you again would be divine."

Blinking away tears, he waved to Arabella once more, and went out of 
the room.......

–Jamieson

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If JKR looked in the Mirror or Erised, she  would most definitely see 
an interview where she wasn't asked "Where did you get the idea for 
Harry Potter?"

~Joy~

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I think Filch would see himself having free reign over the students 
at Hogwarts.  No one would be allowed out of their Common Rooms while 
not in class or eating in the Dining Hall.  If a student so much as 
sneezed wrong, Filch would be allowed to use those chains on the wall 
in his office, and Dumbledore help them if they even thought of 
playing a joke on someone, especially him.  I also believe Filch 
would see himself as being a normal wizard and not a Squib, and being 
allowed to use some choice curses as punishments too.  

***Dixie Malfoy***

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What does JKR see in the Mirror of Erised?  Clearly - at this point - 
HP#5, copyedited, proofread, and hot off the presses. – Robyn