I thought it looked like a house elf or a goblin on Harry's back, holding the sword.
And I think those are people, not gravestones on the US version. Look at the shapes closest to Voldemort, very head shaped.
Buffy: How was school today? Dawn: The usual. A big square building filled with boredom and despair.
Buffy: Just how I remember it.
'The Killer In Me'
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SuziQ - Mar 29, 2007 3:32:15 am PDT #2399 of 28769
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
sumi - Mar 29, 2007 3:56:39 am PDT #2400 of 28769
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SuziQ, you're right -- definitely a House Elf or Goblin but my guess would be House Elf.
SuziQ - Mar 29, 2007 4:14:23 am PDT #2401 of 28769
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I'm thinking house elf, myself - but am scared of Dobby.
sumi - Mar 29, 2007 5:21:38 am PDT #2402 of 28769
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Steph L. - Mar 29, 2007 5:28:16 am PDT #2403 of 28769
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.
Full version of the US cover.
(1) I think those are people (or souls if the curtain is The Curtain).
(2) I can't tell if Harry is wearing the Slytherin amulet/locket.
(3) Voldemort is TOTALLY doing "Stop! In the Name of Love!"
sumi - Mar 29, 2007 5:54:43 am PDT #2404 of 28769
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If you click on the picture to expand it (you get an annoying popup) but you can see that Harry is wearing the pendent/amulet/locket.
Steph L. - Mar 29, 2007 6:03:49 am PDT #2405 of 28769
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.
I did click on the picture to expand it, and I can tell that Harry is wearing something on a string/cord/chain around his neck, but there's not enough detail, even enlarged, to tell if it really is THE Slytherin piece o' jewelry.
Connie Neil - Mar 29, 2007 6:06:11 am PDT #2406 of 28769
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Yeah, I'm not sure it's THE locket or not, but in conjunction with the locket on the UK adult cover, it's suggestive.
I wonder what all the broken stuff in front of Voldie and Harry is. It's going to be months before I can get my hands on this book, I know it.
Fred Pete - Mar 29, 2007 6:11:01 am PDT #2407 of 28769
Ann, that's a ferret.
What caught my eye:
(1) Harry and the cloaked figure (who isn't, or maybe isn't any longer, human) seem to be looking -- and more important, gesturing -- in the same direction. Which suggests that Harry and the cloaked figure are on the same side.
(B) The building in the background looks like Roman architecture. Possibly a coliseum?
Aims - Mar 29, 2007 10:32:36 am PDT #2408 of 28769
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Which suggests that Harry and the cloaked figure are on the same side.
OOOOH OOOOH OOOOH
R.A.B.! R.A.B.! R.A.B.!
OR OR OR
If it IS The Curtain, it could be Sirius!!!