[HPforGrownups] Death in Book 5/ Thoughts on the Mirror of Erised

[rvotaw at i-55.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 48554


> Debbie:<BR>

> As for the death, Kristen, I also read about it possibly being Molly <BR>
> Weasley (I read it on MuggleNet, I think). HPforGUps had a long <BR>
> thread not that long ago about who's death it could be. It was very <BR>
> interesting, but came down to probably being Hagrid. However, the <BR>
> new "Molly" theory sounds pretty valid to me too.<BR>
> <BR>

Not Molly. No, no, no.  Not Molly.  I think she may die before it's all over, 
but she *can't* die before Harry has a nice long cry on her shoulder.  It's 
foreshadowed all over the books, and it almost came in GoF, but not quite.  He 
needs to get all that out, and I can't think of anyone else he wouldn't mind 
crying in front of.  Of course, it is possible that he could have that cry in 
the middle of book five and Molly die later in the book.  Ugh.  I just *like* 
Molly so much.  My money's still on Hagrid for the Book 5 death, though.


Andrew writes:

> Dumbledore takes so many precautions to protect the Sorcerer's <BR>
> Stone. He sends Hagrid to get Fluffy to guard the trap door, he <BR>
> stations Devil's Snare underneath, Enchants a room full of flying <BR>
> keys, and also bewitches a chess board. Yet, for the majority of the 
<BR>
> book, the Mirror of Erised, which holds the Sorcerer's Stone within, <BR>
> is kept in an empty spare classroom where a first year student is <BR>
> able to stumble upon it one night. I always found this a little <BR>
> strange. If anyone else has any thoughts on the subject I would be <BR>
> glad to hear them.<BR>

Well, I have a number of thoughts there.  So here we go:

First, the mirror may have not had the stone in it the whole time.  
Second, maybe the mirror was, as someone mentioned earlier, only placed their 
for the holiday and moved back once Harry'd seen it and learned how it worked.
Third, if Dumbledore suspected someone on his staff, the whole "everybody put a 
spell/enchantment/etc. to guard the stone" thing could've been to fool them.  
Surely that was enough to keep it safe, there wouldn't need to be anything else 
there other than the stone sitting in the last room waiting to be taken, should 
anyone make it that far.

Richelle

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