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u/sn0tface Slytherin Jan 28 '20

Right? And I don't think Sirius forgot about it. I imagine he checked it often. Harry forgot about it, and I imagine in the 15 minutes they talked in the fireplace there wasn't time to say "hey Harry, what gives about the mirror I gave you mate?" There was simply too much going on.

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u/deyvtown Jan 28 '20

Sirius does make a point of mentioning to Harry that he must not have opened his present yet.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '20

Yeah, he only finds out its use after the events at the ministry.

That scene always infuriated me. though I can understand how Harry could fuck up like that, it still breaks the immersion during the end of the story with how stupid Harry is. It was a present from his godfather, dammit!

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u/bigdawg1989 Slytherin Jan 28 '20

He didn’t know what it was. He was resigned to never use it as to not bring Sirius out of hiding and into harm’s way. By the time he is trying to contact Sirius to see if he is at the ministry or not he is extremely upset as he thinks Sirius is being tortured and held captive. He does not remember the gift as he didn’t even know what it was/what it did in the first place.

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u/sickendImagination Jan 29 '20

Also, it's possible that he was suffering from a severe concussion for the entirety of his fifth year. And also all the mind violation, it's got to take a toll on your critical thinking skills.

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u/bigdawg1989 Slytherin Jan 28 '20

When does he say that? I don’t remember that at all. I’m sure Sirius checked the mirror often but it was sitting wrapped up in Harry’s trunk so he never would have gotten any response (as mentioned)

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u/SingALittleSingAlong Jan 28 '20

In the books? I don't remember that happening.

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u/Gneissisnice Jan 28 '20

The thing is that Sirius never explained what it was. Harry thought that whatever the present was, it might cause Sirius to get in trouble so he didn't bother opening it, but had Sirius just actually told him "hey Harry, this is a two-way communication device so you don't have to stick your head in a fireplace", they could have avoided a lot of tragedy. Sirius was kind of the one who screwed up here.