The significance of Harry having Lily's eyes

[allies426]

No: HPFGUIDX 138833

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mimbeltonia" 
<mimbeltonia at y...> wrote:
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> 
> 
> The _reason_ why Harry has Lily's eyes is not and was never a 
> mystery - it is simply because he is her son.
> 
> The _significance_ (to the plot!) of his eyes looking exactly like 
> his mother's  is the effect looking into Harry's (Lily's) 
imploring 
> eyes has on Slughorn, whose favourite student she once were: He 
can 
> not resist, and Harry receives the vital information, the horcrux 
> memory.
> 
> Isn't that just it??
> 
> 
> Mimbeltonia

I don't know...  I thought there would be some *magical* 
significance to it. 

Allie