Can the Mirror of Erised show the truth?

[dicentra63 <dicentra@xmission.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49995

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Maria Gromova" <groml at c...> wrote:
> I have an idea -  how do you think, can the Mirror of Erised show one 
> the truth by the way of showing one a desire one had never known one 
> had (that is, was afraid to know one had it)?

That's a good question.  I've often wanted to look into Erised just to
see what it picked up on.  Maybe it would show me looking into Erised
because that's what I most wanted to do at the moment. :D

Oooh!  Oooh!  What if!  What if Harry wants something evil but he goes
into big denial about it?  Then he happens upon the mirror and he sees
that evil thing he wants.  Talk about a shock!

Maybe that would be a Big Revelation Moment similar to overhearing the
conversation at The Three Broomsticks.  But if it happens in Book 5,
it can't be one-third of the way through the book, as Pippin
calculated, because that's when Dumbledore Tells All.  Or at least
attempts to before he is shot by a Muggle pistol with a silencer. :D

--Dicentra, who has seen too much "24" lately