Harry's dragon blood & and the Eyes (Re: 12 uses for Dragons ....)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 83192

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> Charlie Weasley's handling of the dragons for the Triwizard 
> Tournement demonstrates the beasts' resistance to magical attack. 
> Given that knocking out a single dragon requires stunning spells 
cast 
> by half a dozen full-grown wizards...perhaps dragon's blood is an 
> essential ingredient in the most powerful protective spells.
> 
> <shipping)
> Dragon's Blood as Protective Ingredient would neatly tie together 
> Snape's and Hagrid's post-Hogwarts involvement with the Potters, 
and 
> would help explain why Hagrid was so adamant in telling Harry that 
> Snape would never steal the Philosopher's Stone. (Dumbledore had 
> already trusted him with helping to protect something more 
precious than Flamel's work, after all.)  <snip>


Jen:  I think you're on to something here. Here's a little canon:
"Dragons are extremely difficult to slay, owing to the *ancient 
magic* that imbues their thick hides, which none but the most 
powerful spells can penetrate." (emphasis mine). (GOF, US, chap. 20, 
p. 338)

You got me thinking about JKR, upset by a picture of Harry without 
his glasses, saying "don't they know that's his most vulnerable 
area?" (paraphrased).  So he's vulnerable in the eyes like a dragon--
what if he actually has some dragon blood in him now or is protected 
by "essesnce of dragon blood"? 

It could help explain why nobody could stun or AK Harry at the 
graveyard.  Perhaps it also explains the "gleam of triumph" in DD's 
eyes, because now DD knows where LV will be vulnerable as well.

Then there's the whole deal about Lily and Harry's "green almond-
shaped" eyes and the Common Welsh Green Dragon, when Lily is 
supposedly from Wales (or Godric's Hollow is in Wales, I forget 
which). Perhaps the Welsh Green was used in the "ancient magic" 
protective spell performed by DD, Snape and Hagrid?

Hmmm...count me in on a TBAY for this one--very interesting.