Sundry topics (Snape/covers/robes)

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--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Christian Stubø <rhodhry at y...> 
wrote:
> This did get long, didn't it? 
Yes ~:)

Did she also state the age of
> Professor Snape, and could somebody please restate it if she did?  
> 
Other than Snape being a contemporary of MWPP, no. What amazes me is 
that when I first read SS, I pictured Hagrid and McG in their 40s, 
and Snape in his mid/late 50s. Wrong on all counts! 

> 5.  COVER ART
> I agree with the assessment of the three first US Covers.  Have you 
noticed, though, that
> on the UK edition of PS, Harry's hair appears to be exceptionally 
tidy?

What gets me about this one is, if he's coming off the train at the 
end of the year, why does he look so surprised/confused? If, on the 
other hand, he's just on his way in September, why does he have a 
scarf in Gryffindor colors?
> 
> 9.  ROBES IN THE BOOKS AND IN THE MOVIE
> To rehack this old battered subject - I still do not agree with the 
pictures I have seen
> from the movie-sets, showing the hogwarts uniform as open robes, 
with dark trousers,
> shirt, tie and a house-specific knitted V-neck sweater.  It simply 
looks too much like
> muggle school-uniforms to me.  
I always pictured Harry wearing shorts and kneesocks under his (open) 
robes- too many people who've omly ever seen him fully clothed seem 
to know about his knobby knees for them *not* to be on plain view.