[HPforGrownups] Basilisk/Petrification Question

[Sunnylove0 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 47570

In a message dated 12/1/2002 2:22:23 PM Mountain Standard Time, 
kethlenda at yahoo.com writes:


> 
> A question about the basilisk, petrification, etc.:
> If you wear glasses, and see the basilisk through the lenses of 
> the glasses, do you die?  It would seem to me that you would 
> only be petrified, just as you would be if you looked at it in a 
> mirror or through a camera lens.  But Moaning Myrtle was 
> shown, at least in the movie, as wearing glasses.  I need to go 
> back to the book to find out whether she really does wear them.  
> Any insights on this?
> 
> Strix

I wonder if Myrtle took off her glasses to cry and then she hears TMR 
(presumably) and the basilisk, she fumbles the door open and the basilisk 
whacks her before she can get her glasses back on....depending on how weak 
Myrtle's vision is.

The Queen of Serpents


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