Lily being blind

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No: HPFGUIDX 129084

 Chys wrote:

<<<<Cool. Thanks for finding that! It WAS just a whim. #1 shows what 
Harry wants most, he wouldn't know to think that she wouldn't be that 
way so if that were the case, it wouldn't matter. Although I do agree 
with you that #2 is disturbing but it wouldn't have that much weight 
on her not actually being blind. Maybe they were just pointing out 
the fact that he looked like her, and it were something that happened 
to her later towards the end of her life, as I previously suggested, 
then it could be mentioned in that sad sort of way. >>>>
 
To me it always seemed like when people mention the eye thing it's a very touching, usually quite sad sort of reminiscents of Lily. Now it's always been assumed its this way because of the fact she is dead and was murdered. It would add interesting depth to this comment. I think its as valid a theory as any and interesting as well (in a fanon sense even if it doesn't come to furition in canon). The blindness factor would also lend itself in some ways to the theory that Lily was a Seer (which I believe a few people have mentioned in that past). I know the seers we've seen haven't been blind, but in many mythologies (especially ancient greek and roman) seers are depicted as being blind. Just a thought to throw another log on this theoretical fire :) .

<<<On another note, you don't have to wear sunglasses if you're blind, 
it's not a rule. ^_^  Besides maybe they had a potion to fix that 
blindness, eh? Doesn't mean Harry was born with it.>>>

>From what I know of blind people (which isn't a lot aside from knowing a few people who are...in other words I am in no means a doctor), you're right that the sunglasses thing is dependent on the cause. Sometimes their eyes are sensitive to UV light especially if the blindness resulted from chemical burn or injury (or so I am told) and this is the main reason for the sunglasses. Perhaps if her blindness is related to the idea that she may have been a seer as some have stated (wow that's a lot of conjecture together) then perhaps she doesn't have any of these effects. Also if it was magical induced blindness as a result from being a seer, then she might not have appeared to be what we typically think of blind. Hence her eyes look 'normal' and focused in the photographs even if they aren't. I also agree with the idea that the mirror would show Harry what he wants and knows so if he didn't know these things it wouldn't be visible. Just some thoughts about this though. I really have no proof or anything more specific to canon.
 
It would be an interesting plot device though...Pretty Original.

Lindsay
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