Mother's Eyes/Lily Potter

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Mon Jun 5 03:31:00 UTC 2000


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No: HPFGUIDX C1636
From: flying_ford_anglia
Subject: Re: Mother's Eyes/Lily Potter
Reply To: [Yahoo! #1634] Re: Mother's Eyes/Lily Potter
Date: 6/4/00 11:31 pm  (ET)

I'm still on the Mother's eyes thing...

I think Lily had green eyes because she carried something which protected
her against dark forces (or maybe a dark force in itself). I think the
green flash Harry sees in his visions is not from Voldemort's attack, it's
from Lily, passing the protective force from herself to her baby. Perhaps
she died, unprotected, in order to protect her son.

Lily's origins are certainly a key factor... She may have been a Slytherin
(as someone has suggested), she may have been a parselmouth even, and
she may have been involved with Tom Riddle.

Okay, Harry is a 'true' Gryffindor, but does that mean he couldn't have
a Slytherin parent? I think the sorting hat sorts people on their own
merits, not because of their family history (although, in most cases,
people from the same family seem to end up in the same house).

Now, it looks like I have the dubious honour of devising an activity
for you, so I'd better get my wand out!

Neil






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