Puns was Re: Green eyes, green flash, scar on forehead...

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 96754

Kristen wrote:
> <snip>
One thing stuck out at me from the recent webchat:  
---Don't want to rune the ending, but will we be finding out more
about the significance of the shape of Harry's scar in future books? 
 
JK Rowling replies -> The shape is not the most significant aspect 
of that scar, and that's all I'm going to say! 
 
(hee hee, I have to chuckle at the misspelling of "rune" - no pun on 
ancient runes I hope.)
> 
 
Tcy responded:
> I thought that pun was very much intended.  I thought that was the 
> whole point of the question.  The person asking the question was 
> trying to hint that the shape of Harry's scar may be an ancient 
> rune...and that is the clue about the scar we're suppose to find out.
 
> The part of the answer I liked was that JK said that the shape
wasn't the "most significant aspect".  She didn't say it wasn't 
> significant...only that some other aspect was more significant.  
> Hmmmmm.


Carol agrees with Tcy:
Exactly. Only the person asking the question should have put "rune" in
quotation marks so that the point (pun) was unmistakeable. In any
case, just because the shape of the scar isn't it's *most* significant
feature doesn't mean that the shape isn't important. And just because
JKR ignored or overlooked the pun doesn't mean that runes aren't
connected with the scar. I don't think it's just coincidence or filler
that both Luna and Hermione are interested in ancient runes or that
the rune Hermione messed up on in her exam was the eihwaz rune,
meaning "defense" (or protection). I still think that the "lightning
bolt" is really an eihwaz rune (the result of Lily's "ancient magic")
that appeared on baby Harry's forehead when the AK hit him to protect
him from the curse. Ironic that Voldemort would "mark" Harry with the
sign of his mother's protection (assuming that I'm right).

Carol, who hopes we don't have to wait till Book 7 to find out the
true answer to that question. (No wonder Dumbledore is so shifty in
his responses to Harry. He gets it from his creator!)