[HPforGrownups] Green eyes

[Lynx412 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 51245

In a message dated 1/30/03 10:59:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
dorigen at hotmail.com writes:


> Okay, it says "Potters," but that could just as easily refer to only James 
> and Lily doing the waving.  My impression is that the mirror showed Harry's 
> 
> entire family *on both sides.* His parents were in the front and 
> foreground, 
> and both his paternal and maternal relatives were in the background. This 
> would explain why he saw several people with green eyes -- they were his 
> mother's relatives.

       Hm, weird thought...
       Where are Lily and Petunia's parents and family? Were they, too, 
slaughtered in the first LV war? Is Petunia the only remaining representative 
of that family? That would go a long (and semi-justifiable) way to explaining 
Petunia's hatred of all things wizardly. With Petunia already jealous of Lily 
and the attention she gets, if Lily's 'oddness' got the rest of the family 
killed that would have solidified the jealousy into the pure venom we see her 
display. And then to have Harry dropped on their doorstep? Of course she's 
viscious to him. And he even has Lily's eyes, possibly a family 
characteristic that she doesn't share.

       Cheryl/Lynx, not really fond of petunia, there's no real excuse for 
her treatment of Harry, even if it is explainable.


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