Harry's scar (was JKR and intuition)

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David wrote:

>  Yes, something that came up a little while ago that we didn't 
really explore was the meaning of Harry's scar.  The point is that it 
is not, or at any rate not only, a record of Voldemort's attack on 
him - there was no mark on V's father or grandparents, or, as far as 
we know, on Cedric.

I've been thinking about this for a long time. JKR herself says 
that there is a deeper meaning to the scar:

Q: What is the meaning behind Harry's lightning bolt scar? 

A: There are some things I can tell you about it and some things I 
can't. I wanted him to be physically marked by what he has been 
through. It was an outward expression of what he has been through 
inside.  I gave him a scar and in a prominent place so other people 
would recognize him. It is almost like being the chosen one, or the 
cursed one, in a sense. Someone tried to kill him; that's how he got 
it.  I chose the lightning bolt because it was the most plausible 
shape for a distinctive scar. As you know, the scar has certain 
powers, and it gives Harry warnings. I can't say more than that, 
but there is more to say.  (Houston Chronicle, 3.20.2001)

Personally I've been noticing a lot of correlation between Harry's 
scar and the Dark Mark of the Death Eaters. It seems to connect 
Harry to Voldemort in a way similar to the Dark Mark: both become 
more actively painful the more powerful Voldy becomes. What is the 
true meaning of Harry's scar? This is a question Dumbledore is also 
asking. In GoF30 he tells Harry, "That is no ordinary scar", and in 
the pensieve scene Dumbledore sees Harry's face in the pensieve and 
adds a silvery thought from his head. Harry's face turns into Snape 
saying "it's coming back clearer than ever". "A connection I could 
have made without assistance," Dumbledore remarks wearily. What is
the connection Dumbledore just made with the help of the pensieve?

It's plain that we have a lot more to learn about Harry's scar.

lleecook wrote:

>  Many times Harry's eyes are mentioned... "You have your mother's
eyes".  JKR wouldn't repeat this comment so often if it wasn't very
significant.  Perhaps his eyes are a link to his power.

For any newbies, JKR has already hinted in a BBC interview that 
there is something special about Harry's eyes:

Interviewer:  Now, can I ask you: are there any special wizarding 
powers in your world that depend on the wizard using their eyes to 
do something? Bit like
 
JKR:  Why do you want to know this? 
Interviewer:  I just vaguely wondered.
JKR:  Why? 
Interviewer:  Well because everyone always goes on about how Harry's 
got Lilly Potter's eyes? 
JKR:  Aren't you smart? There is something, maybe, coming about that. 
I'm going to say no more. Very clever. 


Red Queen