Snape and the MOM

[a_b_desert_king]

No: HPFGUIDX 93180

> >Heather says:
> 
> > Maybe when Sirius gave Harry the mirror, he not only was 
> > giving Harry a means to communicate with himself, but also all 
the other members of the Order.
>
Kimberly wrote:

> I'm just curious, do we know for a fact that Harry could 
communicate with the other members of the Order ?       Or are you 
suggesting if they had the other mirror, Harry could communicate 
with them ?     I just don't remember Sirius referencing anyone else 
when he handed the brown wrapped package to Harry.    My memory 
suggests that he simply told him (paraphrasing here) "you can use 
this anytime you want to get a hold of me".      Just curious.
> 
> Kimberly

Heather says:

No, I don't think we have any canon references to Harry being able 
to communicate with other members of the Order.  I was just 
expanding JKR's comment about the mirrors being important to suggest 
that maybe this is how the members of the Order communicate with 
each other.  If that was the case, then perhaps Harry has been able 
to communicate with them ever since he got the mirror, and he just 
didn't know about it.  It would go along with the "tell Harry only 
what Harry needs to know" attitude of the members. And we all know 
that Sirius thought Harry should have been told more than he has 
been (by his attitude after the Dementor attack when he wanted to 
tell Harry much more than anyone else thought was appropriate).  If 
mirror-communications is the case, it would make sense that Sirius 
gave Harry a mirror - after all, he thinks Harry should be better 
informed and he would be willing to push the issue.  

This idea was just a hypothesis about the Order's communication 
method which we (thus far) know nothing about - except that it is 
more secure and reliable than owls and floo powder.

Heather