[HPforGrownups] Re: Why not Actually Re-Write? Just for fun.

[k12listmomma]

No: HPFGUIDX 180319

> va32h
> 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.


Shelley:
I love this idea!!!. The mirror could serve the role that the Daily Prophet 
did- when Hermione read it out loud, it gave the students inside of Hogwarts 
key information about what was going on outside of Hogwarts. The mirror 
could have brought us in touch with Luna, Ginny, Neville and some of our 
other beloved characters all throughout the book, even though Harry was in a 
tent in the middle of nowhere. And, restoring the mirror would have brought 
a nod to Sirius's memory, that it finally got used for good- plotting the 
end of Voldemort.

DH was so shallow in that it failed to wrap up certain elements. Restoring 
the mirror and using it this was would have been a better ending for that 
element than merely having it reflect Albus's brother's eye.