The meaning of the new cover (U.S. version)

[colwilrin]

No: HPFGUIDX 171653

sbu89 wrote:

> I don't mean to be daft, but the cover has been intriguing me. If you
> look at it in full-length (Border's is offering a poster of this), one
> notices that Harry and (what appears to be) Voldemort are not facing
> each other, as if in battle. Instead, they almost appear to be doing
> something TOGETHER, ALMOST COOPERATIVELY. It appears they are trying
> to ward off something or summon something? Perhaps one is trying to
> summon, the other ward off? My initial glance had me thinking these
> stray thoughts...wondering of others' reactions...
> 
> sbu89
>

Colwilrin:

I think Harry is summoning those behind the veil to help him vanquish 
Voldy...Voldy is resisting, though I'm not sure why he wouldn't jump 
back, disappear, etc... Maybe he has been subdued in some way.  Voldy 
definitely looks fearful...so, IMO, he is either looking at death or 
love, the two things he fears.  Harry, on the other hand, looks 
confident and determined, as if he were in control.

I am starting to wonder about the locket around his neck though.  If it 
was the Slytherin Horcrux locket...why would he be wearing it?  
Wouldn't he just destroy it and move on?  Perhaps there are powers in 
that locket that he needs.

And just who are all the people in the background?...here is a thought 
that just occurred to me:

What if Voldy and Harry are on the other side of the veil.  They went 
through together...Harry trying to take the locket with him to destroy 
it (the last horcrux...would explain its importance to the UK 
cover)...with Voldy following behind to save it...or Voldy could have 
been pushed through it by Harry's buddies.

Now, they are on the other side of the veil...would explain why the 
veil is "white"...it is black on the living side because people fear 
death.  It is white on the "dead" side, because it is love and paradise 
there.

So, the people in the background are all of those who have passed 
along.  Sirius, Lily, James, DD...and countless anchestors.  Harry and 
Voldy both realize where they are.  Voldy is scared because he 
is "facing death...love...and all those he has harmed"....Harry is 
looking up at them all...realizes that he is very safe, has an army of 
love behind him...and summons for them to help him vanquish Voldy and 
possibly get him to pass back through the veil.

Is it too late to add this one to the contest????  I am feeling pretty 
good about this predicition.