[HPforGrownups] Harry's questions about his parents (was Harry, Hermione, Sirius, and the Dream, 2-way mirror)

[Juli]

No: HPFGUIDX 117371


Pippin wrote:
> > >. 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?

Tim wrote: 
> 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?

 
I think we would all have liked it if Harry had used
the mirror, but things don't always turn out how we
want to. Siruis and Harry act like a couple of 10
year-olds, they love each other, they want to spend
some time together but neither one says a thing, they
just don't talk, maybe we didn't see every
conversation between them while at GP, but they didn't
talk much, they seemed to talked much while at
Hogwarts. Why is that? During Christmas at GP Harry
wanted to tell Sirius not to worry that it was OK
getting oclumency lessons with Snape, but he didn't he
found plenty of time to talk to Ron and Hermione, but
not 5 minutes to talk to his godfather. It just bugs
me, why didn't they talked? If I was Harry I would
have gotten as much information as possible about my
parents and my grand-parents, but he didn't. I don't
think he even knows his grand-parents name. He's never
asked anyone were his money came from. Nothing, he
doesn't seem to want to know anything at all.

Over the first 5 books he's met people who knew their
parents but he never asls them much more than You knew
my parents? I'm thinking about Remus, Harry found out
he was a friend of James' and he didn't ask him a
single thing about his dad. Then he meets Sirius, his
dad's best friend and again not a sinlge question.

At the end of PoA Dumbledore told him he knew his dad
pretty well, both at Hogwarts and after, and again no
questions. He trusts DD, he knows he wouldn't make him
feel silly or stupid, then why why doesn't he wants to
learn more about his parents. Yet everytime he hears
someone talk about his mom & dad he gets excited.

Hagrid gave him a photo album full of pictures of his
parents, he saw it and then put it in the bottom of
his trunk. He never takes it out to take a look, nor
does he have any picture on his night-table. I found
all this very unusual.

Juli, wondering if anyone else thinks this is weird