Lily?

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 131810

> Heather:
<snipped JKR quote>
> But, it left me wondering -- what "very significant" thing did we
> learn about her in book 5?  The only thing I really recall was that
> DD spelled out in more detail the 'old magic' her sacrifice left in
> Harry.  But that's not really telling us anything *about her*.
> Other things, like that she belonged to the Order and had 'thrice 
> defied' LV, also apply to James, and to others as well in fact.  And 
> they're not really all that *surprising* things heh.
> 
> Am I forgetting something, or did JKR change tack along the way?

Jen: The mystery of Lily's eyes must be what we read about in Book 7, 
as that's the single most referred to attribute Lily passed on to 
Harry, and we have so little information about it.

Thinking back to to OOTP, we see that Lily's a powerful and 
compassionate witch, but most of us guessed that already. Even James 
and Sirius 'eye her wand warily'--perhaps they've been on the wrong 
end of a few charms?!? 

Then we hear more about the ancient magic pact, although once again we 
knew about that.

The only other things we discovered about Lily in book 5 are the shape 
of her green eyes in the Pensieve scene--almond-shaped--and we find 
out she thrice defied LV. About defying Voldemort, that one does make 
me think--if she was so good at defying him, why was he willing to 
spare her at GH? That doesn't add up.

Jen, wanting to know the mystery of Harry's and Lily's eyes more than 
any other plot point in the series.