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

[Eddie]

No: HPFGUIDX 171737

Eddie:
This is a possible spoiler because some people avoid looking at
the upcoming book covers.

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> sbu89:
> 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...

Eddie:
My thought is that Harry's Quidditch skills will come into play before
the end.  JKRowling mentioned in "Goblet of Fire" that Harry was able
to avoid getting hexed/jinxed in the graveyard "with the reflexes born
of his Quidditch training, he flung himself sideways onto the ground."
 But that's nothing compared to being the youngest Seeker in
century... skills good for finding and quickly catching bright shiny
objects roughly the size of a Snitch: a locket perhaps?

So maybe we're seeing the image of Voldemort summoning the final
horcrux and Harry reaching to intercept it?  If only Harry were riding
a broom I'd be certain....


Eddie