Lily's physical description, and a bit more apparently :-)

[beth6581]

No: HPFGUIDX 125716


I may have missed this, either in the book or in discussion here, but 
I found the physical description of Lily in Snape's Worst Memory (in 
OOTP) a little odd -- even though it was a very brief description of 
her, the fact that JKR gave her "thick, dark red hair that fell to 
her shoulders" leaves me with more of a vision of Ginny Weasely than 
anyone else.  Especially odd because we know that Aunt Petunia is a 
blonde.  

I often find myself wondering what kind of familial connection JKR 
has in mind for her characters.  Ron says at one point in CoS 
that "If we hadn't married Muggles we'd've died out."  Indicating to 
me at least, that at one point in earlier generations, no one was 
marrying Muggles, thus keeping open the possibility for a relation to 
exist between two or more characters from Harry's or his parents' 
generation; i.e The Weasleys, the Blacks, The Malfoys, The Potters, 
The Riddles, or even a connection in the Evans family we may not 
know about - perhaps Lily wasn't the first witch in the family, just 
the first witch in, say 50 years or so....I don't know where I'm going 
with this, truly, I probably have all sorts of facts mixed up.  

I always try to keep in mind, however, that JKR insists that we should 
all be trying to figure out why LV didn't die.  One thought that keeps 
popping into my head is that since Lily's love saved Harry, and that 
love was in Harry's blood protecting him, perhaps LV also had some of 
the Evans/Potter blood in him thus protecting him from the rebound.  
Maybe while that 'love-protection' saved him from dying, it ruined 
him because, unlike Harry, he was incapable of returning that feeling 
of love, so the spell couldnt rebound entirely.  JKR also states 
firmly that LV has never loved or cared for anyone...so if any of 
what I just said has even the slightest amount of truth to it, I 
still dont know how it would effect the final outcome.  Anyway, just 
some thought, but enough of my late night ramblings -- have I written 
too much for a newcomer? :)  

Beth