you look just like your father, except your eyes......

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 138710

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Nannie333" <nannie333 at y...> wrote:

> Has anyone noticed that all of the "good" guys, (ie. Dumbledore, 
> Sirius, Lupin, etc.) tell Harry that "he looks just like his father, 
> but he has his Mother's eyes", and the two "baddies" that mention 
> Harry's parents only tell him that he looks like or is like his 
> father, with no mention of Lilly.
> 
> Wormtail (in HPPA) says, "Harry...Harry...you look just like your 
> father...just like him..."  And there are, of course, hundreds of 
> references of Snape telling Harry that he is just like James. (My 
> apologies to those of you that think Snape is a good guy.)
> 
> Does anyone think that this is significant?  Could it have something 
> to do with the power of love and the fact that Lord V and his 
> followers can not recognize it?  This is as far as I have come along 
> with this theory, and wanted to see if anyone else had any ideas.


Amiable Dorsai:
My personal belief is that both Peter and Snape had a thing for Lily,
in fact that the reason LV tried to spare Lily at first was that he'd
promised her to one or the other of them as payment for services rendered.

If so, Snape, at least, wanted to compare Harry to someone he loathed,
rather than someone he loved (or, at least, lusted after).  Peter
might simply have felt too guilty about it.

Amiable Dorsai