[HPforGrownups] Lily and potions or charms skills?

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No: HPFGUIDX 134068



--- Chys Lattes <maliksthong at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I always thought that she was good at charms and suddenly it's 
> potions. Was that a fannon thing, or was it truly canon?

It was suggested by her wand, that was good for charm. And in pensieve scene when the
MWPP recoiled when Lily drew her wand against James.

More on Potions and charms. Did anyone notice in Ch.16, when Harry discussed Snape with
others, the background music were two of Celestina's cheesy love songs "A Cauldron Full
of Hot Strong Love" and "You Charmed the Heart Right Out of Me." 

> I agree with someone (Amy, was it?) who mentioned that Harry sees the 
> world through his mother's eyes and has that type of personality, 
> while he kind of walks the walk that his father did- for a main 
> character, it's a good balance. With the themes of love and such, 
> that's something I'd bet on.


Actually, no. Remember what cover up those Lily's green eyes of Harry? The glasses! Just
like James's. Harry actually sees the world through his father's glasses, which JKR
refered as Harry's 'weakness" (many years ago when Italian version's cover didn't have
Harry with glasses on, JKR specified that). They could be metaphor of Harry's biased or
prejudice that colored his judgement. So maybe the BIG thing about Lily's eyes was simply
that, sometimes in book 7 it will reveal the 'Lily can see the good in people when
others/the person himself can't see' thing. And finally Harry, dropping or seeing through
those tinted glasses, he can clearly see the truth and good in certain people (oh my WHO
would that be...)

D.