My eyes will never be the same again...

... and I assure you that they suffered less from reading carpet!book (which was a bitch to read) than from the continuous bombardment by clichés, plot holes (although those don't hurt so much), overuse of adjectives and bad characterization.

And now comes the

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Erm...

Sorry for the spamming of flist, but something just occurred to me while cleaning out ze boyz' toilet: I might have missed it (easy with carpet!book), but were we actually told *anywhere* why it's so important that Harry has his mother's eyes?
Careful, people, there'll be spoilers in the comments!!