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

[Tim]

No: HPFGUIDX 117360


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:

> > 
> > 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. 
> 

I think the conflict  between Sirius and Molly may a factor in Sirius's behavior. Molly feels 
Sirius is not a proper role model and would not like Siruis to have direct, uncontrolled 
access to Harry. Sirius may not trust Ron to keep the mirror secret from his Mother.

> 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 doubt it. Sirius and James were the core of the marauders. Their bond was first and 
tightest. They had the most in common.  Sirius fled to the Potter's, not the Lupin's. Sirius 
was James' best man, not Peter, not Remus. However we really don't know. It is entirely 
possilbe that James' mirror was destroyed when he and Lily were murdered.

>. 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

Very odd indeed! Sirius' and Harry's behavior in this book drive me up the wall. Why didn't 
Sirius give Harry the mirror earlier and demostrate its use while both were at  12 
Gimmauld Place? Why did Harry think the mirror was so dangerous to Sirius? I know the 
phrasing Sirius used, but still why did Harry take him so literally and seriously? Why didn't 
Sirius say to Harry, "Use my gift"? in Umbridge's fire?

Tim