Harry's hair

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 13111

Ender wrote:
>     the truth is, it's very, very rare for caucasians to have truly 
>black hair, though some may be described that way.  People call my 
>hair black, and it's not, it's brown...even red in the sun.  

Yael wrote:

> That may be true in mid-Europe, but in the middle east that's 
>hardly the reality. Although i have auburn hair, both my father and 
>my sister have black (almost blue) hair and more than half my 
>friends have black hair. Sometimes, after the shower, they >
>frightfully resemble Snape. <g>

Yael mentions "shower" and "Snape" in the same sentence and several 
Severus-lusting listies swoon...Carole, put your head between your 
knees and breathe slowly.  We're looking forward to that summary, and 
you can't keel over 'til it's done.

Back to hair--

Black hair is common in Ireland too, which yields that pale 
skin/black hair combination that Jo seems so fond of.  You may be 
right, Ender, that most "black" hair is actually very dark brown if 
you look closely enough, but there's a difference between that for-
all-intents-and-purposes black and the color of Harry's hair on the 
US cover of GoF, which is simply dark brown.  I won't pick on that 
cover too much, 'cause otherwise it's very close to my mental picture 
of Harry, but his hair isn't canon, IMHO.

Amy Z
in love with a black-haired Celt (is that like being in love with a 
big blue frog?  I feel a filk coming on!)