Ron and the Mirror of Erised

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No: HPFGUIDX 73165

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Martin" <saddletank at c...> wrote:
> <yankee_bubba at h...> wrote:
> > > Has anyone noticed that what Ron saw in Mirror of Erised is 
> > > heading toward the potential of comming true.> 
> > 
> > balbu84 wrote:
> > Just remind you what Dumbledore said: This mirror doesn't show the 
> > future. It is possible that what it shows happens but I don't 
> > think that coul be the case here, for Harry's parents are really 
> > dead.
> 
> Martin wrote:
> I too thought that what Ron had seen in the mirror might now be 
> coming true for him. Ron seems to be quite strong with predictive 
> things generally; his throw-away comments re divination, dreams, 
> etc, and in his case, perhaps his mind or divinitive skills 
> influenced the  Mirror to show him a possible future?

Honestly, I think that what the Mirror of Erised shows is desires,
/independent/ of the future. It's about the person as they are at the
time, and what they want, not what is or is not likely to happen.
Which means that if what you want most is something impossible, that
won't stop the Mirror from showing it -- but if what you want IS
possible, seeing it in the Mirror doesn't make it impossible for all
or part of it to come true.