OOP: The mirror of Erised

[David Paterson]

No: HPFGUIDX 59751

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "vicky_gwosdz" 
<vicky.gwosdz at g...> wrote:
> But in PS, when Ron looks in the mirror, he sees himself amongst 
> other things as captain of the Quidditch team. Now, I remember 
> reading on some site (forgot which one) that in 
> book 5 (or maybe a later book), Ron would be watcher for the 
> Quidditch team.
> If he ends up captain of the team, then this might mean that the 
> mirror does do more then just reflect wishes.


I've often considered Erised as being more than initially meets the 
eye (as it were).  Trelawny might be well advised to gaze into the 
mirror periodically.

Consider Harry:  He's twice looked in the mirror: the first time, he 
saw himself with his parents (a vision that has yet to come true); 
the second time, he saw himself getting the Philospoher's Stone.  So 
from a Harry Potter perspective, the mirror is 50% successful.  (I'm 
counting his three initial visits as a single vision).

With Ron's looming acceptance on the Quidditch team, it may be that 
Ron's vision will also come to pass.  And Dumbledore, somewhat 
cryptic as always, said "I see myself holding a pair of thick, 
woollen socks." which I have associated with his support of Dobby, 
the emancipated House Elf, and indeed freedom for other magical 
creatures.

If you accept the Ron and Dumbledore visions as being vindicated by 
subsequent events, we have 75% of the Erised visions coming to pass - 
which makes me suspicious that Harry may well rejoin his family by 
the end of the series.  And, as death is permanent, Lily and James 
will not be coming back; Harry can only join them in death.


Certainly, Dumbledore gave another convincing description of the 
mirror, but I'm leery of some of his exposition - he's left out 
enough details in other situations to make me take his pronouncements 
with a grain of salt.

David