Bill's injury (Re: The Problems with the DH movie)

[Carol]

Carol earlier:
> > In the book, Bill's injuries are invisible at the wedding because of the magic of the Goblin-made tiara that Fleur has borrowed from Auntie Muriel
 
> zanooda:
> 
> How do you figure :-)? To be honest, such an idea never crossed my mind, because there is nothing about it in the book :-). I thought it was simply because Fleur was so happy and so full of love that day... :-).
>
Carol responds:
No, I'm pretty sure it's the magic of the tiara. After all, it's Goblin-made and Griphook seems to covet it (though not as much as he does the Sword of Gryffindor), and if Goblin-made armor possesses "special properties" (DH Am. ed. 298), it makes sense that the tiara would, too Here's the passage from the wedding:

"Fleur was wearing a simple white dress and seemed to be emitting a strong, silvery glow. While her radiance *usually* dimmed everyone else by comparison, today it beautified everybody it fell upon. Ginny and Gabrielle, both wearing golden dresses, looked even prettier than usual, and, once Fleur had reached him, Bill did not look as though he had ever met Fenrir Greyback" (DH 144, my emphasis).

There are two possible readings: either Fleur has turned on the Veela Charm, which is causing the glow and the beautification, or it's the tiara. But when Fleur turns on the Veela Charm, as when she's trying to get Cedric to ask her to the Yule Ball and Ron idiotically asks her instead, *she's* the one being beautified. And happy though she is with Bill, her beauty never extends to him on any other occasion, and much as she loves him, his scars are visible when they're together. For that reason, I think it's the Goblin-made tiara that's creating this effect. (Why mention it otherwise, unless it's just to put the idea of a tiara or diadem into the reader's mind? It doesn't help Harry in that respect. but JKR has taken care to introduce this particular tiara back in HBP in that great scene where Molly and Fleur are crying in each other's arms.)

Note that Auntie Muriel, watching the ceremony, says (in response to nothing more than Hermione's "Ooooh!") "Yes, my tiara sets off the whole thing nicely" (145). At first, I was mystified by that remark, and then I realized that it must be the tiara, not Fleur's Veela power, that was causing the glow and the beautification.

Carol, who suspects that Auntie M's remark passes over Harry's head or he'd have done a bit more thinking about the magical properties of tiaras



Carol,