Harry's glasses and vulnerability and LIly's eyes

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No: HPFGUIDX 121399


 "jastrangfeld" <mrsbonsai at c...> wrote:
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> http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2000/1200-readersdigest-
boquet.htm
> Boquet, Tim. "J.K. Rowling: The Wizard Behind Harry Potter," 
Reader's
> Digest, December 2000
> Rowling's quality control is legendary, as is her obsession with
> accuracy. She's thrilled with Stephen Fry's taped version of the
> books, outraged that an Italian dust jacket shows Harry minus his
> glasses. "Don't they understand that they are the clue to his
> vulnerability?" 
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> 
> Ok, so with this and knowing she's said on different occasions 
there's
> something with the fact that Harry has Lily's eyes  . . . ..
> 
> Wait a minute . . . . you don't think that . . . .
> 
> hmm.  Ok, so here's my thought, reflected spells.  I mean, the 
people
> who saw the basilisk through reflections didn't die.
> 
> Was the spell actually aimed at Lily?  Did it get reflected to 
Harry?
>  Did it reflect off Harry?  Is this why there's a scar?
> 
> Well that thought just came to me, I was going to ask why you think
> this is his vulnerability . . .but now I have a new question 
there :)
> 
> Julie

Angie replies:

I certainly don't kow the answers to your questions, but they made me 
wonder:   Are the glasses the result of Harry's vulnerability or the 
cause?  Will they make him vulnerable at some point by falling off at 
a critical time or will they somehow provide him a defense in the 
future?  

Perhaps there is a spell that will fail because the person casting it 
cannot look Harry directly in the eyes.  Or maybe a spell will be 
cast that will bound off of his glasses (nerds rule!).

Do we even know for sure why he wears glasses?  By that, I mean the 
medical condition.  I've always assumed it was related to the failed 
curse -- the scar is so near his eyes (can't figure out how Lily's 
eyes fit into this and frankly am too tired to try at this point).