LV and "Reflected" AK curse - it's the eyes!

[Karen Barker]

No: HPFGUIDX 128525

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "fanofminerva" 
<drjuliehoward at y...> wrote:
>I, too, like the theory of the curse being reflected, but I do not 
> think it was a mirror.  My opinion following your theory is that 
>the ancient magic Lily used to protect Harry is what reflected the 
> curse.  The magic saved Harry but he "absorbed" some of the curse, 
> thuse leaving his scar.  LV did not die because he did not receive 
> the full blast of the AK curse, but a reflected partial curse.  


I am loving this theory and have been pondering upon it (since the 
original post and I'm sorry but I can't remember who that was to 
credit them here).  My inital thought was that Lily positioned 
mirrors in such a way that Lord V directed the AK at Harry's 
reflection in a mirror.  That mirror shattered and a shard cut Harry 
leaving the scar.  I dismissed that almost immediately as that would 
not really constitute a connection between them both, IMO.

Now with Julie's post above I am wondering if that is where "You 
have your Mother's eyes" (times 100!) comes into the equation.  Are 
Harry's eyes what deflected the curse?  Had Lily somehow invoked 
some sort of charm on Harry's eyes to enable them to do this?  So 
not only does he have his mother's eyes in that his eyes look the 
same as hers, but he has his mother's eyes in that he has the eyes 
that she 'made' for him?

Possibly a tiny part of the curse was deflected into his own head 
causing the scar, but this was not powerful enough to kill him.  The 
reflected curse that rebounded onto Lord V was also not enough to 
kill him, either due to a similar reason that the basillic's 
reflected look could not kill, or due to Lord V's dabbling in 
immortality or a combination of both.

(Could this also be why he wears glasses?  Did the process weaken 
his vision?)

Karen