Mirror [was: Re: Why not floo instead of thestral to London?]

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 91785

Carol wrote:
> I don't think it's a plot hole. I think it's a deliberate literary
> device that JKR is quite fond of, situational irony... <snip> 
> This situation [Harry's not remembering the mirror] is much more 
> complex because it involves the irony of fate (tragic irony) as 
>well.  <snip>
> I thought it was a very moving moment and underlined the whole 
> idea of how our choices, and our mistakes, have unintended and 
> unanticipated consequences. *If only* he'd at least opened the 
> mirror and known it was there. *If only* he'd used it to talk to 
> Sirius instead of talking to the treacherous Kreacher. But with 
> the mirror as well as the journey to the MoM, he did the wrong 
> thing for the right reason and suffered the consequences of human 
> error.
> 
> None of that makes further use of the mirror impossible. Maybe it 
> will reappear in other books, but since we've seen that it can't 
> be used to communicate with a dead man, I don't think it will.
>

Susan now:
I most certainly understand your explanation here, but I *hope* 
you're wrong about its being UNlikely that JKR will bring the mirror 
back into play.  If she doesn't bring it back in some way which will 
prove **useful** to Harry/The Cause--if it was there merely to 
provide an example of situational/tragic irony and as emphasis for 
the consequences of human choice/error--then it seems INCREDIBLY 
cruel on JKR's part!  Isn't it enough that Sirius died? that Harry's 
actions contributed to that death?  Isn't that enough to bear?  Why 
exacerbate that cruel fact of life by introducing the damn mirror 
which might have made a difference...UNLESS it's got some positive 
role to play in the future?  

THAT is my hope.  Otherwise, I think I'll be slightly peeved at JKR 
for going "overboard" on the cruel irony!

Siriusly Snapey Susan