[HPforGrownups] Re: James's age

[Vincent Maston]

No: HPFGUIDX 173211

> mac_tire:
> Can I make a very silly point related to your thoughtful post?
> What is the deal with the middle-aged man in the Mirror of Erised
> in the film of SS/PS? This has always driven me nuts. Harry's
> father died at a very young age; when Harry was a baby, his
> parents were very young adults. And while fictional characters
> are often younger in the afterlife than they were at the time
> of their death (Remus and Sirius are a good example), they are
> never older -- they do not age in the afterlife to parallel
> what their ages would've been had they lived.

Vincent :

No, but the miror of erised does not reflect facts, but desires.
Harry is 11 when he sees the mirror, and he sees himself and his
parents as they would be at that moment, had they not be killed.

He therefore sees himself as a 11 year old boy surrounded by his
31 y.o. parents. I think.