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No: HPFGUIDX 130577

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, heather the buzzard 
<tankgirl73 at s...> wrote:
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> >Julie says:
> >Oddly, my other first impression was that the two hands were 
> >of a woman and a man. I didn't immediately think the larger 
> >hand and wrist belonged to someone older, just someone male. 
> >And for some reason, I thought of James and Lily. 
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> Oh yeah, that reminded me.  I did have a thought that this was 
> representative of a wizard's wedding ceremony... a symbolic band 
> of fire uniting the two lives.   My SO's thought was of perhaps 
> Ron and Hermione... hey, they're 16 now, they probably could with 
permission... it could be anyone, but a young marriage in the face 
> of danger might be interesting.
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> I hadn't thought of it being James and Lily, though.  I like that 
idea, considering we're likely to get more backstory on them this 
time around.  Then, perhaps the ring is a wizard wedding band, and 
it's broken for some symbolic reason... Lily's secret?  Petunia's 
secret?  The mystery around where James was during GH?  The ring 
> is featured prominently on the screensaver pic with the clasped 
hands, they have GOT to be related.
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> >Julie:
> >The smaller hand/wrist could certainly be Harry's (as teenage 
> >boys still haven't fully developed their musculature), or it 
> >could be a woman's hand/wrist. 
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> I agree that it *could* be a woman's hand, but it doesn't really 
strike me as such.  It has an underdeveloped-ness that makes me 
> 99% sure that it's a young person (male or female).
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> heather the buzzard

Angie here:

Is it just me, or does one hand/arm (presumably the older one)look 
darker than the other?  My kooky theory is that the hands belong to 
Harry and the Half-Blood Prince and it is a grip of solidarity, b/c 
they are joining forces.