[HPforGrownups] Re: The two-way mirror - a cruel useless plot device

[Lana]

No: HPFGUIDX 163709


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From: "alcuin74" <alcuin74 at yahoo.com>
To: <HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:33 PM
Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: The two-way mirror - a cruel useless plot 
device


>> Lynda:
>>
>> So
>> he gets this two way mirror as a gift from Sirius and pretty much
> forgets
>> about it.
>
> Alcuin:
>  JKR really goofed on that one.  If I were Harry I
> would have been chatting it up with Sirius every day through the
> mirror.
>

Lana writes:
However, you have to remember that Harry is trying to "protect" Sirius.  The 
dog incident at the train station probably scared Harry.  Knowing that Draco 
and Mr. Malfoy know about it.
Personally, I wouldn't have forgotten the mirror and would have probably 
used it at some point.  But...  I am also 36 years old.  Harry is a teenager 
who is looking out for Sirius.  He may have thought it better to never use 
it.
I can't see Harry putting Sirius in danger of being caught.  Even if just 
talking thru a mirror.  Best to keep things like that hidden.  At least in 
the mind of a teenager.
I asked my 16 year old what she would have done and she told me that she 
wouldn't have used it either.
Lana