eye colour and other queries

[potioncat]

 "Sharon" <s.hayes at ...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> 
> I posted on the main HP list about eye colour and then thought it 
might be a bit off 
> topic--or could easily GET off topic.
> 
> basically, I've been reading a lot of fanfiction and am curious 
about some things that seem 
> to be common to a lot of fics but i don't remember from canon.  If 
anyone can tell me 
> whether they are in canon I would be SOOOOO happy.  Here they are:

Potioncat:
It is interesting how many things seem to reappear in fanfic. It may 
be that that fanfic writers are also fanfic readers. I'll respond to 
the questions that I think I have an answer to.

 
> 2. Draco's eyes are always descibed as grey (my favourite is 'full-
moon-over-the-water' 
> LOL). I don't remember Draco's eyes ever being described in canon 
at all, though I possibly 
> wasn't paying attention.

Potioncat:
Not really any help here, but I do think they are described as grey 
in canon. You might find a source at the Lexicon if the Draco page is 
that detailed.


> 
> 3. Many of the fics talk about 'glamour spells'--are they fanfic-
created or in canon?  I 
> cannot remember ever reading about a glamour spell.. though they 
sounds like a brilliant 
> idea of course.s

Potioncat:
I don't think glamour ever appears in canon, but it does in folklore. 
I think that's where it comes from. I've used it before....in fics, I 
mean, not RL.

> 
> 4. They also talk about 'wards' being around premises -- kind of 
like protective spells to 
> keep others out.  I KNOW there are such spells in canon but where 
are they described as 
> 'wards'?

Potioncat:
I don't think it's called wards in canon. I checked DH, which 
mentions enchantments, but does not call the area "wards". In "The 
Wedding" guests are Apparating at the 'distant boundary of the yard', 
but it isn't clear if that's courtesy or charms. Later, guests 
Disapparate from the yard because the Enchantments have failed.

I've seen the use of "wards" for years in fanfic. It could come from 
SF or other fantasy sources?