The Mirror of Erised and the Future

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 89165

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ecdc2" <john at s...> wrote:
> I was thinking about the Mirror of Erised as I've been rereading the 
> books and thought I'd postulate a theory that's most likely been put 
> forth to the group long before now :)
> 
> We know from the Sorcerer's Stone that the Mirror of Erised is 
> capable of giving people what they see in the Mirror - Harry 
> retrieves the stone after seeing himself get it. ...edited...
> 
> Does this make it possible for what Ron and Harry saw to come true? 
>
> ...edited...
> 
> Thoughts? (And feel free to holler at me if this has already been 
> discussed a million times - I just don't remember seeing it.)
> 
> John


bboy_mn:

I guess I can sum up my opinion in the fewest possible words (that's a
first for me) by saying that the Mirror shows, but it doesn't give.

Can what people see in the mirror come true? Yes indeed. 

How and why? Because the mirror shows people's deepest desire, and
it's not that uncommon for humans to pursue the things they desire; a
lover, a house, a car, a job, etc.... Given enough hard work, it's not
uncommon for people to achieve their desires; even their deepest
desire, whether that desire be for love, money, or achievement for
achiement's sake.

Ron became Prefect, got on the Quidditch, and even won the Quidditch
Cup not because the mirror gave them to him, but because, in his own
way, he persued them and he achieved them. 

Harry desires a family, and in one form he has found one, the Weasley
family. As for a family of his own, in time, in one form or another,
he will achieve that desire too.

To predict that people will achieve what they desire, doesn't take a
magic mirror.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn