New defense for Ron?/Mirror of Erised

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 37793

Allyse wrote:

> As a final observation on the MoE, it also dawned on me that 
> Dumbledore's smug explanation of why Quirrel couldn't get the Stone 
> makes little sense. Dumbledore claimed that only a person who wanted 
> to find the Stone, but not actually use it for themselves, could get 
> it out of the Mirror. But isn't that exactly what Quirrel was trying 
> to do? He was attempting to get the Stone, but for Voldemort, *not* 
> for himself!
> 
> Hmmm. Another Flint? :)
> 
> Allyse

No, I don't think it's a flint: Harry did NOT want to use the stone for 
*anything*, he just wanted to *find* it before Quirrel did. Quirrel, in 
the other hand, wanted to have the stone so he could *use* it to gain 
his master's rewards by giving it to him. The crucial difference is 
there: one just wants to find it (but has no plans on what to do with 
it *if* he finds it), and the other wants to find it to *do* something 
with it 8even if it's only giving it to another person).

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf