Red and Green and Gold and Silver:(Was: Harry's green eyes)

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 85334

Kirstini wrote:

>    Well, Harry's jet of light is red because it comes from the 
> Expelliarumus spell, whereas Voldemort's is green because it's an 
> Avada Kedavra. Harry's earliest memory: jets of green light=bad. Then 
> he gets to Hogwarts where green = Slytherin = Draco = enemy. I don't 
> know if we have it anywhere else in canon that Expelliarumus is a red 
> jet though - we know that Stupefy is. Someone flag down a passing 
> L.O.O.N?

Aw, we don't need an actual L.O.O.N.!  I just went to the first time
we saw the spell cast, at the Duelling Club meeting:

"[...] Snape cried: 'Expelliarmus!'  There was a dazzling flash of
scarlet light and Lockhart was blasted off his feet: [...]"

Annemehr
who loves that scene; silly wand waving, indeed -- that was a blast of
pure *power!*  (hmmm... I never realised the depth of these feelings
before...)