Using the Mirror of Erised to find Horcruxes (was Re: Harry's Army)

[allies426]

No: HPFGUIDX 143866

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kelleyaynn" <kelleyaynn at y...> 
wrote:
>
> In all of the posts on this topic I may have missed this, but the 
> biggest problem I see for the Mirror helping Harry find the horcruxes 
> is if that were possible, why didn't/couldn't Dumbledore use it as 
> well? 
> 
> I'm pretty sure we haven't seen the last of the mirror of erised, but 
> I don't think it will provide any direct help in finding the 
horcruxes.
> 
> Kelleyaynn
>

I don't think that Harry's deepest desire would be to find the 
Horcruxes, so the mirror couldn't help him in that sense.  He might see 
himself vanquishing Voldemort, or he might see himself with Sirius and 
Dumbledore again.  His desire to find the HOrcruxes would be much 
weaker than his desire for those two things.

In PS, he DESPERATELY needed to find the stone before Quirrell - 
Quirrell and Turbanmort were trying to kill him.  At that moment, it 
truly was his deepest desire.  I don't think the same would be true of 
Horcruxes.

Allie