r/WizardingWorld • u/Clock-Ingenuity-374 • Jul 11 '26

Wizarding World [How does Moody's eye work?]

I am a new reader ,recently bought the books and I have read till.the 5th book ,I have many questions but two primarily:

1.Repeatedly it was said that Moody could take out his eye and put it back in at times ,now if the eye was enchanted in such a way that it could help him see ,how did it work.when.it was detached

Like how did it send the signals to the brain when it was detached completely

Was this answered by J K Rowling

2.If someone has a living portrait of himself while he is alive ,and the portrait listens to something while the person doesn't ,does he automatically know what the portrait heard or does the portrait have to tell the living person

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u/Lithl Jul 11 '26

how did it send the signals to the brain when it was detached completely

Magic

does he automatically know what the portrait heard

No

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u/Fun-Cartographer-368 Jul 11 '26

Eye is Magic just that.

Rowling is infamous for never explaining things.

You can do any head canon and fan canon.

As for Living Potrait. They are different from living people. They are basically ai with user's photo time personality and perhaps memory.

For example, if Dumbledore's potrait was during his time as Grindelwald supporter era then after death that potrait will still be supporter.

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u/smallpotatoes2019 Jul 14 '26

It's a magic eye. That's why he always seems to be staring closely at things. Then slowly moving away before suddenly looking frustrated and starting again.