Contacting Sirius

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 108341

Mike wrote:

Does anyone think it's possible that when James and Sirius were in
detentions, that the mirror was bewitched to recognize their 
Marauder's nicknames and not their proper names? My thoughts are that 
if they were going to be whispering into a mirror, they wouldn't want 
the teachers overseeing their detentions to know whom they were 
talking to - saying a nickname into a mirror might cause a lot less 
inquiries than sitting in a room and saying "James Potter!" into a 
mirror. Plus, James and Sirius seemed very attached to calling each 
other by nicknames (James more so than Sirius), why would James be 
calling Sirius' proper name into the mirror?

Maybe Harry has to realize this and call out for "Padfoot" in the 
mirror - not Sirius Black.

My apologies if this has been brought up before; if it has, can 
someone please point me towards posts that may have addressed it 
before? I tried searching and was unsuccessful.

vmonte responds:

Interesting thought!  Could he reach the present day Sirius who is 
dead?
Or what if he does reach Sirius but he reaches the Sirius of the past?
Who is to say that the mirror has any sense of time? If a spell was 
cast to cause it to respond to Snuffles and Prongs, maybe it will 
locate the Snuffles of the past? 
He calls out Snuffles and reaches 16/17 year old Sirius...what do you 
think?

vivian