Avada Kedavra and Godric's Hollow

[macfotuk at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 113782

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Hannah" <hannahmarder at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> > Mac wrote:
> > Lastly, as a kind of extra controvesial thing - someone 
suggested 
> > Lily threw the spell at Harry - I hardly think so!!!!!!!! (even 
if 
> > not impossible to conceive). It did get me thinking though about 
> > whether Harry was born with green eyes or only has them since 
GH. 
> Is there a part of Lily in her son additional to that which any 
> mother muggle or witch) normally conveys to her children?
> 
> Hannah: I originally made the suggestion (unless someone has in 
the 
> past) that Lily AK'ed Harry to save him from a worse fate.  I 
> suggested it to create debate and try to see the thing from a 
> different angle, I'm not saying that I really believe that is what 
> happened, though I do think it is a possibility worth 
considering.  
> 
> I've never personally thought the green eyes were significant, 
> though I can see the logic behind it.  One thing that I don't 
> understand though, is that if green eyes are so important, why 
does 
> Dan Radcliffe of the forbidden media have blue eyes?  We know JKR 
> had plenty of influence over the film, and thinks Radcliffe is an 
> ideal Harry.  If his having green eyes was going to be vital to 
the 
> plot later, wouldn't she have made them chose a green-eyed actor/ 
> got them to put green contact lenses in his eyes/ digitally 
enhance 
> him to have green eyes?
> 
> Hannah

Good point Hannah since I think that JKR *does* demand enough 
control that anything significant in the films that will *matter* in 
the books is faithful.

I didn't know Dan Radcliffe had blue, not green, eyes but I'm sure 
JKR took a question on eyes at some interview or another realtibely 
recently to which her answer suggested they were impostant in magic:

see: http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/JKRWorldBookDay2004.html 
(link from lexicon on sources of info - world book day interview 
2004)

"" ...
Sussie: Does Harry's eyecolour become important in the future books, 
like we've heard? 
JK Rowling replies -> No comment!

... "

Certainly, in the books it is stated (several times IIRC) and seems 
highly significant that Harry looks exactly like his father 
EXCEPTING Lily's green eyes.