Lily and eyes (was Re: Harry's eyes)

[princesspeaette]

No: HPFGUIDX 78672

> > Tj wrote: 
>But, no one has brought up the one thing (the first thing) I think 
>of when they refer to "Lily's eyes" all the time.  The EYES are the 
>window to the soul.  Harry and Lily are bonded, at their souls.  
>Harry *looks* like his dad... but deep down in his soul, he is like 
>his mother.  
> > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

whizbang:
>It's interesting though, that when Harry looks into the mirror of 
>erised, he sees other people with green eyes like his and his 
>mothers.
 

Kneasy:
>It could be a mistake to believe what is shown in the Mirror.
>It shows what you *desire*, not reality. What Harry saw may bear
>no relation to the truth. Another JKR red herring, perhaps?
> 


The mirror of Erised can't *always* be right.  Quirrel saw himself 
handing the stone to Voldemort, and we KNOW that didn't happen ;-)  
You see nothing more and nothing less than your heart's deepest 
desire.  Harry wanted to see people he recognized as his family, so 
he saw the people who shared his physical characteristics (since the 
mirror is a two demensional medium and cannot show things like 
movement, voice, and personality).  His eyes are distinctive, so of 
course it showed him people with his eyes.  I'm even willing to bet 
that not all of the people in the mirror were wizards, he just 
assumed they were because that's what he *wanted* them to be.


~Margaret

Interesting useless fact: There's a very important song in the 
Broadway musical The Secret Garden called "Lily's Eyes".  I'm 
thinking about a FILK. 


Please excuse me if this post is a bit incoherent, I've been awake 
for almost 24 hrs :-)