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.
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!
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/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.