[the_old_crowd] Coming to a conclusion was Re: Spoiling the fun

[susiequsie23]

Judy wrote:
> Will Alice & Frank Longbottom ever recover?  (I know the Blowing Gum 
> wrappers didn't pan out, but that doesn't mean there's no cure. I've 
> always liked the theory that the Death Eaters are somehow keeping the 
> Longbottoms insane -- Lucius and his large donations to St Mungo's 
> can't be purely altruistic, can they?)


SSSusan:
I agree with you here, Judy.  Their *story* hopefully won't just fade away simply because the gum wrappers weren't some mysterious form of communication between Alice & Neville.


Judy wrote:
> As for "Why are eyes/glasses the key to Harry's vulnerability?", 
> Susan, I didn't take JKR's comment on Harry's glasses as meaning that 
> his eyes or glasses have some sort of magical vulnerability.  I just 
> thought she liked the glasses because they show he is ultimately a 
> regular boy, not a superhero.

SSSusan:
I'm thinking back to the Reader's Digest (2000) article in which the following was reported:

>>>She's thrilled with Stephen Fry's taped version of the books, outraged that an Italian dust jacket shows Harry minus his glasses. "Don't they understand that they are the clue to his vulnerability?"<<<

That phrase "clue to his vulnerability" feels to me more than just "he's a regular kid who has to wear specs," you know?  What it DOESN'T show clearly is whether she was referring to his eyes or to his glasses, but it was a pretty strong statement, I think.  That, the uses of dragon's blood, DD's trust of Snape, and the missing 24 hours were what got me interested in DRIBBLE SHADOWS, so I'm banking on it being significant.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/128717

Siriusly Snapey Susan



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