Harry's Scar Location---The Word From Herself

[Eric Oppen]

No: HPFGUIDX 21851

Reading all the stuff about the location of Harry's scar in the trailer as
opposed to in the books, I kind of wondered whether there was any text
evidence of the scar's location and positioning.  Then, I thought of
something better.

"Self," I told myself, "there _is_ an easy way to check this out.  Get thee
unto a bookstore, yea, verily, against thy usual inclinations (yeah, right!)
and seek thou out the 'Harry Potter' display that may be found there.  There
shalt thou find the answer, and from the hands of Herself."

So-o-o, off to the bookstore I toddled.  Sure enough, there was a display of
Harry Potter-related merchandise (which, paranthetically, I hope helps make
JKR rich enough to buy Fleet Street and send the whole worthless lot of them
packing---miserable vultures, the lot of them IMNSHO) and there was the
_deluxe_ edition of _Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone!_  (Philosopher's
Stone, in the American edition, and yes, I do agree it was silly to change
the name)

Turning to the front of the book, I found what I had been seeking.  A
drawing of Harry Potter standing in front of the horrible Dursleys' horrible
fireplace, with horrible pictures of the Dursleys all over the walls, and
their horrible bric-a-brac all over the mantelpiece.  Harry is standing
there, dressed in clothes that are obviously 'way too big for him, with a
look on his face that would sour a lemon.  However, what I wanted to see was
plainly visible.

Harry's hair is combed back from his forehead, _except for a single lock
that hangs down right in the middle, almost to the eyebrows._  Not a trace
of a scar is visible elsewhere, so, by elimination, the scar must be behind
the lock of hair, and must almost certainly be vertical, if it's big enough
for people to see who look at him casually.

Since JKR Herself did this drawing, I think we can accept this as canonical.
I hope this pleased everybody, and isn't too off-topic.

Eric Oppen
Gryffindor (big surprise, I thought I was a natural for Ravenclaw)
Redwood, phoenix feather, eight-and-three-quarters inches.