Myrtle's glasses

[severusbook4]

No: HPFGUIDX 78406

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Doriane" <delwynmarch at y...> 
wrote:
> "Dave" wrote:
> 
> > Basically, Myrtle shouldn't have died, she should only have
> > been petrified because of her glasses just as the camera and Nick
> > saved the other two.
> 
> > 
> Justin : Nick took the full blast of the deadly gaze, Justin 
received 
> only what went through Nick.
> 
> Hermione and Penelope : the mirror reflected back to them only a 
part 
> of the energy coming from the Basilisk's eyes.
> 
> Myrtle : glasses do reflect and deflect light a bit, but really 
not 
> much, so that most of the energy went directly into Myrtle's eyes.
> 
> Del

Snape here:

The camera in question is a single lense reflex, meaning the image 
is bounced off a mirror then to the view finder (eye piece), so a 
mirror saved Creevy (sp?).  Myrtle took the full blast as her 
glasses did not reflect the image into her eyes.  The reason Cedric 
survived was that Nick is partialy alive and absorbed some of the 
dark magic. I believe if you were on one side of a window and a 
basilisk (sp?) was on the other and you looked at it's eyes, you 
would be toast.  A clear window bends light, but it may not do 
anything to dark magic.  A mirror is backed in silver, and silver 
does have some magical properties, it's use against vampires, 
werewolves, etc.  So it could be because of the silver used in the 
mirrors that saved the two girls and Colin.  Sorry for the ramble, 
my doc said I should be the poster child for adult ADD, and I have a 
hard time staying congruient (sp?).

Severus "where's my adderall?" Snape