Harry's glasses and vulnerability and LIly's eyes

[minervakab]

No: HPFGUIDX 121423


Julie says:

http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2000/120
0-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?" 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> 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?


Minervakab says:

How was it reflected?  Off glasses?  Did Harry wear glasses at one
year?  Did Lily wear glasses?  Why are glasses not mentioned in the
descriptions of Lily?  If Harry has her eyes, shouldn't she also need
glasses just as Harry does? Do wizards and witches wear contact
lenses? How can Harry have his mother's eyes but need glasses if she
did not.

My daughter has my own green almond shaped eyes and is as blind as I
am.  My son has his father's eyes and can see very well. I am no
opthamologist but I did believe the shape of the eye had something to
do with how well we see.   

I did not wear my glasses when I was fifteen because of vanity but I
would not have been able to tell Snape he needed to wash his
underpants without my glasses as Lily does in Chapter twenty eight
"Snape's Worst Memory" in Order of the Phoenix.  

I am wondering now if Harry's glasses have nothing to do with his
father needing them and something to do with the curse.  If Harry has
his mother's eyes, he should see as well as her (I think) and not need
glasses at all.  At least that is my opinion.  What do you think?

Minervakab

PS  I have only posted one other time so please let me know if I did
this correctly or what I need to do to make it right.  Thanks.