[HPforGrownups] Re: James = Voldemort

[Carolina]

No: HPFGUIDX 81353

badnewsbean:
> I love snape, don't get me wrong, I think he's an amazingly
> complicated and intriguing character.
>
> But there have been SO many references to Harry Potter's
> unmistakable resemblance to his father James Potter that I don't
> see how they couldn't be father and son. Do any Snape as Harry's
> father theorists have an explanation for the identical hair and
> face?

Danger. Common sense question. I'm not a Snape!Father!Harry 
theorist, but someone (don't remember who) pointed out in a post 
that Harry making his hair grow while still a child might mean he 
is a metamorphmagus. 

I consider this option more likable now that Tonk's has said 
metamorphmagi ability appears spontaneously, in childhood.

The original poster idea was that, as Harry wanted to look like 
James, he did. At the age his parents were wiped out, he can have 
memories of his father's looks. Not concious, but they suffice.

Speculating, I also find reasonable that Petunia talked to 
baby!Harry in early childhood, giving him more context. There is a 
common tendency in adults to understimate a childs' ability to 
absorb information, and I find rambling about her disgraces while 
babycaring Harry very in character for her, IMO.

silmariel