Harry's scar a snake? (OOP spoilers)

[katie_wible]

No: HPFGUIDX 88087

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Odile Falaise 
<odilefalaise at y...> wrote:
> I, Odile, wondered:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> >>>But what I would like to know is: *where* is the
> scar situated on his forehead?  I get so annoyed
> watching TCTMNBN, where they have it off to the side. 
> Wouldn't it make more sense for it to be where his
> "third eye" is?  No doubt this has been hashed,
> rehashed and cornbeef hashed a million times on this
> list...<<<
> 
> 
> then Pat replied:
> 
> >>>Actually, I haven't seen it discussed on the list,
> at least not for the last six months or so!  My
> impression of "where the scar goes" is that JKR TOLD
> the movie people where to put it.  Can anyone dig up
> the interview? <<<
> 
> <snippage>
> 
> And me again (that would be Odile):
> 
> A-ha!  I found... something:
> 
> here's the link:
> 
> http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/story/0%2C1259%2C---7740%2C00.html
> 
> here is the excerpt:
> 
> Fans Note 'Harry Potter' Scar is Askew
> Thu, Jul 19, 2001
> 
> <<<In the trailer for the upcoming "Harry Potter and
> the Sorcerer's Stone," however, the scar appears above
> the right eye of actor Daniel Radcliffe, who portrays
> Potter.
> 
> <<<As it turns out, the moving magical scar is not a
> mistake. Filmmakers knew full well where the book's
> illustrators had placed the scar - but J.K. Rowling,
> the British author of the Potter books never
> pinpointed the scar's exact location in the narrative.
> In fact, a Warner Brothers source quoted by
> Entertainment Weekly said that Rowling only told
> filmmakers she wanted the scar to be "razor sharp" and
> "just off center." Apparently, she never really
> specified where the scar had to be.
> 
> <<<So how about those book covers? Potter illustrator
> Mary GrandPré said the placement was left up to her.
> "I guess everybody has their own interpretation," she
> said.>>>
> 
> Back to things list, Keith wrote:
> 
> >>>Maybe as the time of the prophecy gets closer, it
> will become a sharper and more obvious snake. It would
> make perfect sense that it isn't actually a lightning
> bolt. That would be extremely sneaky of JKR:
> describing it as a bolt all these years, only as a way
> of tricking people's brain to see it a certain way.
> <<<
> 
> Odile again (c'est moi):
> 
> I totally see your point, and it would be pretty kewl
> if it was indeed a snake - I mean, the prophecy *did*
> state that "the Dark Lord would mark him as his
> equal," and Voldy sure does like those snakes!
> 
> But I still hold to my original opinion: that the scar
> is indeed a lightening bolt, caused by a clash of the
> elements fire and water, as in a raging storm, when
> Voldy tried to AK Harry.
> 
> Lightening is fire at its most destructive (outside of
> a nuclear bomb, probably!) - certainly equal to
> Voldemort at his most destructive.
> 
> Or not.  ^_^



now me(Katie)

I also agree that it is a lightening bolt and not a snake shaped 
scar. Your opinion may be correct, but i also believe it is a 
lightening bolt for another reason. When you were quoting from the 
article above, JKR said that she wanted the scar to be "razor sharp" 
and
> "just off center." Snakes would not be razor sharp or jagged. They 
are more curvy, arent they? Unless it starts to change shape over the 
next two books, which I doubt. Plus, on the American cover, the "P" 
in Potter is definately shaped like lightning. 

-Katie-