[HPforGrownups] Re: Japanese fanart

[Teek]

No: HPFGUIDX 10498


--- Firebolt <particle at urbanet.ch> wrote:
> Wow, yes, they are nice - my only nit is that they're not always
> canon-accurate
> (Hermione's hair being blond in a few pics, Lee Jordan with short
> hair instead
> of dreadlocks...). Very cool, though.

Probably the artist has only read the books in Japanese, so maybe
their translations are off. (Someone was saying the Chinese had them
riding around on flying roller-skates, so I think cutting Lee's hair
is a slightly less critical point which they very well may have
changed.) Also, the Japanese have a thing about western girls with
blonde hair - it's such a rarity in their culture that they pick up
on it and emphasize it. Someone in the publishing department may have
mistranslated Hermione's brown hair, then, or it might just be
wishful thinking or a stereotype on the part of the artist. <shrug> 

if you hit the links button at the bottom, the ...second link has
some more HP art, if you look around for it, including comic strips,
which are facinating to try to figure out what scenes they're
illustrating. If anyone can find additional art by following the
first link, could you post how? There's a "Harry Potter" link, but
the rest appears to be all Japanese text. 

Is it wrong to think that that second picture of Tom Riddle is
absolutely adorable, minus the bright red eyes? 

(maybe I'm subconsciously out to destroy the world - the sorting hat
put me in Slytherin! >:/ Followed by Gryffindor. I'm hoping I was
just a tad harsh on myself -repressed homicidal urges and all that.)

- Teek (posting an entirely useless post, yes.)

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