[HPforGrownups] Re: OOP: Thoughts and Questions - Lily's Eyes

[Angela Boyko]

No: HPFGUIDX 61563


Some spoiler space





la la la



> I think Neville's plant will become important later. It was mentioned
> too many times to be insignificant. We'll just have to wait and see.

I thought he might have been the one to bring the killer plant to St.
Mungo's - after all, he was visiting at the same time, and his specialty is
Herbology.

Glad I was wrong!
>
> I now have a more solid theory on Lily and Harry's eyes. We know
> there have been numerous references Harry having his mother's green
> eyes. After reading OotP over the weekend (only once so far, so sorry
> that this is not fully referenced) I have decided that Lily's eyes do
> not possess a conventional form of magic as was suspected in the past
> but are more a reflection on her character.
>
> They say the eyes are a window into the soul. In the scene where
> Harry enters Snape's memory in the Pensieve Lily shows herself to be
> a compassionate, empathic person. She did not like Snape, and was not
> protecting him as a friend, but out of empathy and common decency.
> At the end of the book when Dumbledore is explaining to Harry about
> the prophecy and the Department of Mysteries, he mentions a quality
> that Harry has, that Voldemort will never possess - heart.  So when a
> reference is made to Harry having Lily's eyes, I am starting to
> believe that this is a reflection on the qualities she possessed -
> namely compassion which comes from the heart, rather than a
> conventional magical talent.

I think JKR said something about Harry's eyes being his weakness - kind of
like an Achille's heel. Hmmm. Maybe because he has Lily's sense of right and
wrong, and her compassion?

Angela

@--- at ---@--- at ---@--- at ---@--- at ---@--- at ---@--- at ---@
"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars,"
    (attributed to Les Brown).
AIM:  angelamermaid  MSN messenger: angelamermaid
http://www.livejournal.com/users/angelamermaid/