Harry's green eyes (was Ask the Question)

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 85110

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, 
> > Iggy said:
> > Well, old lore tells of dragons of great age that were able to 
change their
> > shape, much like an animagus. Perhaps Harry's ancestry includes a 
Welsh
> > Green that married / mated into the family many years ago, so 
Lily's
> > bloodline to him carries a modicum of dragon blood.
> >  
> > Lauralexis said:
> > This would also explain why the AK didn't kill him.  Like we saw 
in GoF, 
> dragons are hard to jinx/curse/hex/etc.  If Harry did have dragon 
blood in him, 
> Voldie's curse wouldn't have worked. 

The dragons in Rowling, as opposed to the dragons in (say) Wagner, 
Tolkien or McCaffrey, are not depicted as being overly bright. 
Magical, dangerous, deadly, yes, but possessed of a rather dinosaur-
like sensibility. Newt Scamander's classic text indicates that 
dragons are accurately classified as "beasts" rather than "beings." 
If a dragon were to present itself as an Animagi ancestor (as opposed 
to an Animagi ancestor who could assume the form of a dragon), that 
would strike me as a rather abrupt departure from Canon.

   - CMC (tickling a sleeping controversy)