Red and Green [was Re: Dumbledore's Gleam Revisited]

[Jaimee]

No: HPFGUIDX 59536

Cindy W wrote:

>     A theory occurred to me about Dumbledore's gleam in GoF Chapter 
36 that
> I hadn't heard before, but then I am new to this group, so there's 
a lot
> I've missed.
>     When I read the final chapters of GoF I was surprised by the 
result of
> Harry and Voldemort's twin wands creating the strange reaction of 
Priori
> Incantatem. I don't recall any previous information in the books 
about wands
> with identical cores changing spells so drastically when used 
against each
> other. It occurred to me that this concept of two halves used 
against each
> other botching things might apply to other areas.
>     In CoS Chapter 18 Dumbledore makes it clear that in Voldemort's 
attack
> on Harry, that he transferred some of his powers to Harry. And in 
GoF
> Chapter 33 Voldemort explains that he used Harry's blood to 
resurrect
> himself mainly so that he could have Harry's powers; particularly 
the
> protective magic given to him by his mother. So we have this 
situation:
> Harry has Voldemort's powers inside him, and Voldemort has Harry's 
powers
> inside him. Is it possible that what applies to wands also applies 
to
> wizards; that each of them having the powers of the other inside 
them might
> make later attacks against Harry by Voldemort go awry?
> 
> Just one of those wild thoughts that occurs late at night . . .
> 
> Cindy W


Jaimee rambles:

There seem to be so many factors linking Harry and Voldemort: wand 
cores, hair color, unfortunate lack of loving guardians, a curse that 
failed...and now blood and protection from an ultimate sacrifce.

But what about eye color? 

The colors red and green have been analyzed several times on this 
site, and I apologize ahead of times for mentioning them again....but 
I just can't get over how JKR uses the colors red and green to 
indicate "good" and "evil," respectively. 

We have red Gryffindor and green Slytherin. We have red sparks issued 
from Harry's, Dumbledore's, most good wizard's wands...but green from 
Voldemort's and Crouch!Moody for the Unforgivables. We even have the 
red phoenix and the green snake.

But with eye color, everything's reversed. Voldemort has *red* eyes, 
and Harry has *green* eyes. I mean...it would have been a little on 
the freaky side for Harry to keep with trend of good=red and have the 
red eyes...but even so, the fact that their eyes are red (for the bad 
guy) and green (for the good guy) has always left me feeling 
unsettled.

Any thoughts?

Jaimee--who is still smiling, as she wonders if it is signifcant that 
the Quidditch World Cup teams are red (Bulgaria) and green (Ireland) 
as well. Does the fact that Crum played for the red team give us 
reason to suspect him be on the good side in future books??