Another look at the Mirror of Erised

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No: HPFGUIDX 126204


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, imamommy at s... wrote:
> 
> I hope this isn't too OT, but I've been dwelling lately on thoughts 
> of the Mirror of Erised.  I hope we get another peek at it in the 
> next two books.  I have been musing about what Harry and Ron would 
> see in it were they to look now, and what Hermione might see if she 
> looked in.  
> 
> <snip>

Angie replies:

Great topic!  What is the deepest and most desperate desires of their 
hearts at this point (because, as you imply, that does change)?  I 
think what Harry wants most and thus, would see, is a defeated 
Voldemort and a very alive Sirius.  But I think he's long accepted 
he's never going to see his parents again, at least not on this side.

As for Ron, I hope he sees something different.  I think the reason 
he saw himself as Head Boy and Quidditch Captain was because, in his 
11-year old mind, those were the ultimate symbols of success -- if he 
could be those things, then he could be "somebody", like his older 
brothers.  I'd like for him to see that he doesn't have to mimic his 
brothers in order to be "somebody."  I'd like to see him seeing 
himself doing something no one expects him to do, like getting a 
bunch of N.E.W.Ts or becoming a teacher.  Or at least walking to 
Hogsmeade with Hermione (yes,in that way!).  :)

Hermione is easy:  She'd see all houseelves freed and being treated 
as equal to wizards (and herself getting 12 N.E.W.T.s!)