Method communication- Patronus vs Little Birdie vs. Mirrors

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No: HPFGUIDX 122611


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nkafkafi" <nkafkafi at y...>
wrote:Just think about JKR saying to herself: "Oops, I need some way for 
> the Order members to communicate. Why won't they use the patronus for 
> that?" Naah, this doesn't sound like our Jo at all. She'd go: "hey, 
> the Order members need a secure way to communicate. Oh good! A reason 
> to invent a nifty new spell!" 
> 
> Neri


My first thought was that the Order's preferred method of
communication would surely be the type of mirror Sirius slipped to
Harry.  

It seemed logical to me; otherwise, why would Sirius need to give
Harry the mirror on the sly? If mirrors were commonly used in the WW
for communication, then Sirius would have just wrapped it up with a
big bow and presented it to Harry at dinner one night.  No one at
Hogwarts would have known that Harry used this Wizardian cellphone
exclusively to contact Sirius.

But, if the mirror were a little known, secret way for the Order
members to contact each other, than Sirius would surely be in trouble
if anyone found out that he had given Harry access to this top-secret
method of communication (not only is he not an Order member, but he's
not even of age).

I think we'll see Harry discover that the broken mirror he's carrying
around is not useless at all, and will prove to be an excellent means
of contacting the other Order members when he least expects it.

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