[HPFGU-OTChatter] Silly Harry (was running time & cover photo)

[John Walton]

hamster8 at hotmail.com said:

> I agree.  That photo is not only cheesy ... it's actually very bad.
> Dan just doesn't look like Harry in it.  It looks wrong ... and that
> grin is very off-putting for a Quidditch match ... I think someone's
> already cracked the Cushioning Charm joke onlist, so will refrain
> from repeating it ... oops.

::polishes "Head L.O.O.N." badge he stole from Joywitch in NY last weekend::

Actually, Al, the cover shot is *not* from a Quidditch match. You can tell
this because Harry is wearing his normal uniform (i.e. what he's wearing on
p. 304 of the Vanity Fair, which is, IIRC, the "Friends and Foes" pic on the
web) and not the Quidditch uniform as shown on p. 318-319. The Quidditch
uniform consists of wooly jumpers, horizontally striped in a style
reminiscent of rugby uniforms, and with a Gryffindor emblem over the heart.
The trousers are tan corduroys, with funny greaves (shin pads) and gauntlets
(wrist pads), and they're wearing things that look like rugby boots without
the spikes.

More on this on the Main List. ::flexes fingers and drools over Vanity
Fair::

--John

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