The Importance of Lily; Shark!Krum; Travelling by Floo Powder

[Phyllis]

No: HPFGUIDX 88528

Kneasy wrote:

<<I can't think of anything about Lily that might be important except
who she might be related to.>>

Phyllis responds:

There is something about Lily that JKR herself has said will be 
important (Boston Globe interview, October 18, 1999):

Q: Do you know what Harry's parents look like? 
JKR: "Yes. I've even drawn a picture of how they look. Harry has his 
father and mother's good looks. But he has his mother's eyes and 
that's very important in a future book." 

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/quickquotes/articles/1999/1099-
bostonglobe-loer.html

I've been trying ever since to figure out what the importance of 
those Lily eyes is.  I thought we might have been given a clue in OoP 
when we find out that they are almond-shaped – the eyes of the Sphinx 
in GoF are almond-shaped, so I wondered if there might be a 
connection.  But, for the life of me, I can't figure it out!

Constance Vigilance wrote:

<<Which makes one wonder why Krum would choose to become a *shark*!!>>

It was actually JKR who chose the shark transformation for Krum.  
Perhaps there's some hidden SHIP-ping suggestion here – that Krum is 
viewed by Ron (and possibly Harry as well) as a shark in pursuit of 
his bait – Hermione.

bboy_mn wrote:

<<The invocation of the Floo magic would be guided by your intent.>>

Don't forget, though, that when Harry coughed while saying "Diagon 
Alley" in CoS, he wound up in Knockturn Alley.  His intent wasn't to 
go to Knockturn Alley – he'd never even heard of it before.  Based on 
this, I do think that what you say when you step into the emerald 
flames is quite important.

~Phyllis