Why not Actually Re-Write? Just for fun.

[va32h]

No: HPFGUIDX 180314

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "liliput99ar" <liliput99ar at ...>
wrote:

> I would have made Harry remember the mirror Sirius gave him to keep in 
> touch!! (OotP). I could not bear at that time the thinking of how 
> different things could have been...
>  
SNIP
> Oh that mirror...
>

I agree that the mirror in OoTP was tragic.  But if we are limiting
ourselves to just re-doing DH...I had Harry repair his mirror, then
find the other mirror at 12GP.  He manages to get it to Ginny, and
thus is able to keep tabs on all that is going on at Hogwarts.  

I realize that Harry needed to *not* be at Hogwarts during DH, but I
also really missed seeing those characters and knowing what happened
to them.  Between the mirror, careful consulting of the Marauder's
Map, and communication with Kreacher and Dobby (since of course Harry
can summon Kreacher anywhere at any time) I have Harry (and thus the
reader) being much more aware of the situation at Hogwarts. 

va32h