Harry, Hermione, Sirius, and the Dream, 2-way mirror

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 117355



> > Pippin:
> > JKR has said the mirror wouldn't have been as useful as you 
> > think...I'm afraid that if Sirius and James had them, Pettigrew 
had  one too, so that line of communication was probably 
covered.<<

> 
> Tim Now:
> 
>   I suspect that if Pettigrew had one then Remus certainly 
would. If Remus had one I would  think Sirus would have 
mentioned it. If Pettigrew does have one,  then there is  the 
 possiblity of him using it to spy, and  Sirius would not have given 
Harry the mirror at all I  think.<

Pippin:
To correct the quote, JKR said the mirror "might not have helped 
as much as you think, but, on the other hand, will help more than 
you think."  I wish I could think that Sirius wouldn't have given the 
mirror to Harry if he thought there was any possibility that 
Pettigrew might use it to spy, but Sirius was awfully given to 
discounting risks. The secrecy troubles me...Sirius acts like he 
knew the other Order members wouldn't approve if they found 
out about it, and that leads me to think he was glossing over the 
risk, as he so often did. 

We don't know that the mirror Sirius gave Harry was the one that 
had belonged to James. It could have been Remus's. I thought it 
was odd that Sirius didn't ask Harry why he didn't use the mirror 
instead when Harry got him on Umbridge's fire. Did he not want 
Remus to know that Harry had it?

Pippin