Link to Eyes Doing Magic and Harry's Wandless Power (WAS: Dark Wandless Magic)

[erisedstraeh2002]

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Porphyria <porphyria at m...> wrote:

><huge snip of your most intriguing post> Quoting me 
>(Phyllis/erisedstraeh2002): And I then remembered yet another 
>interview where JKR said that we might be seeing something in future 
>books about a character being able to do magic with his/her eyes.

Porphyria responded:

> I don't remember this myself, but I'd certainly love to see the 
> link if anyone can provide it. The only interview quote about eyes 
> I can remember was when JKR said that Lily's green eyes would be 
> important, but she didn't say why. It would certainly be 
> interesting if eyes and wandless magic did become an issue later 
> on, since we already have canonical evidence that eye contact is 
> needed for certain wandless spells.

Me again:

Here's the link:

http://www.geocities.com/aberforths_goat/Fall_2000_BBC_Newsround.htm

And here's the snip from the interview:

BBC: "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?"

BBC: "I just vaguely wondered."

JKR: "Why?"

BBC: "Well because everyone always goes on about how Harry's got Lily 
Potter's eyes?"

JKR: "Aren't you smart? There is something, maybe, coming about that. 
I'm going to say no more. Very clever."

~Phyllis