Harry's glasses.

[jedi_hermione]

No: HPFGUIDX 77301

>   JKR said this at Quickquotes    http://www.the-leaky-
cauldron.org/quickquotes/articles/2000/1200-readersdigest-boquet.htm
> 
>   "   But when Rowling saw young British actor Daniel Radcliffe's 
screen test, she knew the 11-year-old was perfect for the part. 
Rowling's quality control is legendary, as is her obsession with 
accuracy. She's thrilled with Stephen Fry's taped version of the 
books, outraged that an Italian dust jacket shows Harry minus his 
glasses. "Don't they understand that they are the clue to his 
vulnerability?"   "
> 
>   Hmm.  I'll have to think about what that could mean.
> 
>   Joj

This comes from the thread "Harry's Eyes", but I think it's too 
disconnected a tangent to be posted under that heading.

What thoughts have you on what this could mean?

My personal inclination is that they're metaphorical.  Perhaps Harry 
is blind to something or somethings going on around him, and this 
will be his undoing?  Or perhaps he will be too trusting of his 
friends and blind to their faults until it's too late and one of them 
has turned on him?

The other end of the spectrum is the possibility that the meaning is 
100% literal.  Maybe all LV has to do is take off his glasses so he 
can't see where to aim his wand?  Or perhaps the lenses can be used 
to channel a spell directly into his eyes.  Since there is so much 
emphasis on Harry's eyes being inherited from his mother, from whom 
he received his protection from LV, perhaps channeling an AK to enter 
his body through them is what is necessary to kill him?

*~Aeryn~*