Green Eyes in the Mirror (Was: Harry has TWO parents)

[Andrea]

No: HPFGUIDX 51213

--- Tom wrote:
> Except I'll save y'all the time and refute my own objection
> by pointing out that when Harry sees pictures of his parents
> later on, he doesn't ever observe that they're different 
> from the images in the mirror. AND, Dumbledore still told
> him that he had his mother's eyes, and why would Dumbledore
> lie?

Because Harry DID live with his parents for more than a year, and thus has
subconscious memories of them, probably very pleasant ones.  If his
greatest desire is to see them *again*, it only makes sense the Mirror
would show him the image he remembers, deep inside.  Now, if James had
died before Harry was born and Lily died at his birth, I could understand
the objection, but he still has memories, if not conscious ones. :)
 

> What could possibly account for green eyes (an ordinarily
> rare trait) being prevalent in the Potter family, quite
> independently of Lily Evans?

He also could have been generalizing.  His name is Potter, therefore his
family are the Potters.  He certainly doesn't identify with the Dursleys,
and he probably doesn't have any idea what his mother's maiden name is, if
it's even occurred to him.  I had the vague idea that my mother's last
name had *always* been what it was until I was a teenager, probably.  Just
not something I thought about.  Parents don't have lives, after all. *g*



Andrea

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"Reality is for people who lack imagination."

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