Resurrection Stone folks

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 175874

> R. Penar:
> You all are so much smarter that I am; I am wondering what your take 
> is on this:  Why is it that *only* James, Lily, Remus and Sirius come 
> out of the resurrection stone for Harry?  Why not Dumbledore, who has 
> consumed more of Harry's thoughts in the last year than any of the 
> others - in fact, Lupin has just died and Harry really hasn't had 
time 
> to process and think on that at all?  Why not Cedric, Tonks, Fred, 
> Moody, or heck, even Dobby or Hedwig?  And, related, it seems that 
> Lily and James are as they were the night that they died; however 
> Remus and Sirius are described as looking "less tattered" 
> and "younger".  Why?  Did they revert to how they looked on October 
> 31, 1982?  If so, why?

zgirnius:
I believe that Harry brought back those he most wanted to see - those 
among the dead whom he considered his dearest loved ones. Cedric was 
just a nice boy he knew, Tonks was funny and nice, but he only met her 
a few times, and knew her so little that he thought all HBP that she 
was moping over Sirius, Moody again he knew only from a few meetings in 
OotP, Hedwig may not qualify, she is non-sentient and may not have a 
soul. Fred's the only one on that list I would consider debatable, but 
I do think he was merely good friend, not someone Harry truly loved and 
turned to in difficult times.

This begs the question of why Dumbledore was not on the list - but this 
makes sense in light of the revelations Harry had just received from 
Snape's memories. Like Snape, Harry now believed that Dumbledore had 
cold-bloodedly raised him to die. Were Harry ever to use the Stone 
again, I would expect to see Dumbledore, after their conversation in 
King's Cross, when Harry understood that Dumbledore really did not want 
him to die, and even expected he could survive.

The more youthful appearance of some characters may reflect how Harry 
wants to think of their fate in the afterlife. Or it may be a symbolic 
representation that the people who die redeemed, do experience 
happiness and healing in the afterlife. I prefer the latter, since the 
ugly baby under the chair makes the most sense to me as the probable 
future condition of Voldemort, and is far *worse* than Voldemort's 
actual physical condition in life.