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

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 88550

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Phyllis"
<erisedstraeh2002 at y...> wrote:
> 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-bostonglob=
e-loer.html
> 
> I've been trying ever since to figure out what the importance of 
> those Lily eyes is.  ..., for the life of me, I can't figure it out!
> 


bboy_mn:

I don't have a direct quote, but I know I've read this somewhere, and
it may contain a clue to Harry's eyes.

In another interview, JKR was complaining about the book cover art in
some other country. Her complaint was that they portrayed Harry with
OUT glasses. She said something to the effect that they obviously
didn't realize how important his glasses are, and that his eyes are
his weak point (very much paraphrased). 

It's an additional clue, but it still gets me no closer to
understanding the significants of Harry's eyes. I would have bet that
Harry's eyes were his strength, but apparently that would have been a
mistaken assumption. 

That last book is REALLY going to be something when it finally pulls
together all the bits and pieces that JKR has been laying down along
the way.



> 
> 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

bboy_mn:

I absolutely agree with your point about needing to speak clearly when
you enter the emerald flames. My point was that subtleties can make a
difference. For example, saying 'The Weasley' or 'The Burrow' would
get you to the same place based on intent. The Floo magic would
understand those to be the same place on the assumption you spoke
clearly. Taken one step farther, intent would /guide/ the Floo magic
when you said 'the Weasleys' and take you to Arthur Weasley's and not
to Irving Weasley's.

So the original message or command to the Floo Network must be clear,
but it can be /guided by/ intent. When Harry used the Floo Network, he
didn't have a clue what he was doing. 

Also note, if you read that section about Harry's Floo travel in CoS,
you will see that he exited the Floo Stream right after he WISHED he
was out of the Network. He had the desire and intent of exiting, and
that's exactly what happened. So in a sense, his Floo travel was
confused by not making a clear statement of destination, and further
confused by his sudden desire to be out of the Network before reaching
his assumed destination. 

Also, since one sees fireplaces along the way as you travel in the
Floo Stream, it's reasonable to assume that you could pick one and
desire to get out there rather than you original destination. Again,
in that case, Floo travel would be guided by dynamic intent, and not
just the words. Of course, I admit that I am stretching what is known
about Floo travel with some substantial assumptions, but it does seem
to follow a likely path of logic, at least to me.

Just a few additional thoughts.

bboy_mn