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

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 116851


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jlnbtr" <jlnbtr at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> > Magda Grantwich:
> > I knew the Sirius-vision was fake when I read Hermione's 
practical, logical objections and Harry's inadequate and 
emotional responses.  It was clear that this was not going to be 
the usual Harry-saves-the-day-with-backup-from-pals thing that 
was the climax of the other books.<<


> Juli now: When I first read OoP I almost cried when I learned 
that  Sirius was been held prisioner by Voldemort. Not for a 
second did I  thought it was fake.<

Pippin:
I knew  because people had been telling Harry for hundreds of 
pages that it was important for him to learn to block the visions. It 
would have been rather anticlimactic if they'd all been wrong. 
Besides, anything that Snape, Sirius, Dumbledore, Hermione 
and Lupin agree on must be downright self-evident.

In retrospect the biggest clue is that  in the earlier OOP visions, 
Harry *is* Voldemort, but in the last vision he *sees* Voldemort. 

Juli:
> . What if he had thought about the gift BEFORE 
> going into Umbridge's office? Could Sirius be alive then? <

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.


Pippin