Potter Hair

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 125410


Finwitch:

I just reread that hair-part in PS about Harry. Of course, James had 
a hair just like that and I just thought...

You know - Harry had a haircut once a week, and always came out of 
the barber's like he hadn't been at all - (it made no difference) - 
and then the famous Petunia cutting it so short he was nearly bald 
(except for the fringe to hide the scar). Yes, Harry being upset 
about that haircut, but all those visits to barber's? I mean, Harry 
liked his *scar* and nothing else about his appearance (including the 
hair). Harry figured that his hair simply grew that way - all over 
the place.

Then I remember Harry trying to flatten his hair in front of a 
talking Mirror - and the mirror tells him: "You're fighting a losing 
battle there"

And then we come to Lily saying that James making his hair look like 
he just came out of the Qudditch Pitch (all over the place? Messy?) 
because he thought it looked cool, but as she and James weren't 
assosiating much at the point we see in the Pensieve, I think it's 
possible that James was trying to change his hair's appearance to 
please Lily instead?

And the curses SS shoot at JP - a haircut? (I mean, the blood-drawing 
curse did hit the head, so maybe it was just a bit misaimed!) The 
Potters may even have a 1000 Galleon price for anyone who manages to 
permanently change the Potter Hair... (And Snape never stopped trying 
to get that money!) 

What I'm thinking, is that Potter Hair grows that way and is defiant 
to any attempts to change the way it is. (Muggle dye being possible 
exception). No one wrote a book about it (because this hair is ONLY 
found within Potters) so Hermione doesn't know -- Ron may have heard 
of it (I don't recall him EVER criticizing Harry's hairstyle, despite 
all the direct comments he makes about everyone) but doesn't say 
anything (probably assuming that Harry already knows and WHY would he 
come up with such a trivial thing?).

And how would Harry hear of this? From a Potter. A Potter who works 
in the Department of Mysteries and was ignorant about Harry's 
existence, having studied Death etc. and forgotten to live. (due to a 
loss of a relative).

And this Potter-Hair was the first source of Potter Fortune, because 
of Potters making bets about their hair... (It'll be the same 
tomorrow anyway-- don't believe me? -- how about a bet?)

Finwitch