[HPforGrownups] Re: Foe Glass/ Voldie's intent

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 46413

Acire writes:

> Just for fun, I'm picking this apart. It does not make any mention
> of Dumbledore and McGonagall in the glass. The way the sentance is
> phrased, it sounds like Snape's face is the only one still visible
> in the glass. However, the radio-tuner idea does work here, because
> Harry could see Crouch's enemies in the glass, and not his own.
> However, if Snape's face was the only one left, what would account
> for him seeing only him, other than the whole "I am my own worst
> ememy thing"?

Okay, that settles it.  If I ever have an opportunity to ask JKR one
question, this is it.  "What does a Foe Glass show?  The enemies of its
owner or the enemies of the one looking into the Foe Glass?"  You know how
she did all those chats with Scholastic and all after GoF, so who knows, she
might do them for OoP.  Although she'll have a small baby.  Still, you never
know. And you can always tell something by her answers whether she actually
answers or not.  If she says she can't tell you, you know there's something
to it.  And if she point blank answers, well, that would settle it anyway!

I'm having a mental block here, are there any other scenes with a foe glass?
Other than the one in Moody!Crouch's office?

Iris writes:

> they avoid calling his name.They don't face their fear. Voldemort's power
is in the > fear he's able to generate.Did Harry survive only because, as a
baby, he didn't
> know who Voldemort was, and then didn't fear him?

I've always wondered about that. <warning, movie references coming up!>
Particularly the scene in TMTSNBN (the first one!) where JKR wrote the scene
at the Potter's house specifically for the movie.  I originally doubted that
it was written by her, but after they keep saying it over and over I'm
starting to believe them.  If it wasn't she'd surely have denied it by now.
Anyway, baby Harry is staring dead on at Voldemort.  Why?  This baby's
parents were just killed, I'll admit a 15 month old can't really know what's
going on, but still he would know something were wrong if his mother just
screamed and collapsed in front of him.  With green light and all.  But he's
just staring at him.  Almost an "I dare you to try it" stare.  I'll admit
right off, it could just be a matter of them not wanting a screaming baby on
a "children's" movie.  But still, it always seemed odd.  And there's nothing
in the books to compare it to.

Richelle