[HPforGrownups] Re: Mirror of Erised (was: About the gleam of triumph...)

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In a message dated 5/28/2003 9:35:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, Valky writes:

> THis is because the one who simply wanted to find it would obtain it in a shorter time than someone who wanted to use it, should that second party get to the psychological point where they might actually get the stone. 
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> In summary, I think that Harry and the other protections were always relevant to the protection of the stone. The Mirror of Erised was a great protection with added contingency. Not, however, foolproof.
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> OOP is released right after my last exam! I am so happy!!!!

Hooray!  :)  What a way to celebrate exams ending.

Okay. This is an ON topic response, I promise.

I see your point about the mirror being a time-saver, not a foolproof plan. I think I may agree, because I have certainly been in that kind of situation before. Sometimes I lose things and can look and look until I don't even need them anymore; I just want the satisfaction of having found them.

Now I'm thinking this one through a little further, and I'm wondering some more about the mirror charm. I, of course, am away from my book right now, so I can't look it up easily, but the way I remember it was that Quirrell wanted the stone so that LV could use it. Did he want it for himself at all? If he didn't want to use it himself, why wouldn't he be able to find the stone right away?

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