Unfogging the Half-Blood Prince Cover Art v2.0

[Hotmama2]

What's up with the 2 hands and the fire circling????

What's up with the boat?????

Oh.....35 days and counting down.........................

[werefrog]

That is kind of weird- it does look like there's something in the boat in the reflection. Also I didn't notice the lightning bolt on the ring before. I wonder whether that is just coincedence, or what?

[Aliennation]

It looks like the boat may be part of the vision from the penseive since it is surrounded by the same green light. Also, if you look at the reflection it looks like something is in the boat even though the boat appears to be empty.

[Oddsbodokins]

Hey sorry but does anyone have the picture with the boat that they could put on here?

[shimmers711]

The pensieve looks like the one that is on the American cover, and it has that green mist around it. I think that it is definatley in/around hogwarts. Also, that would mean that DD will show Harry this. It has to hold a secret. Also, the fire I think would represent the bond between Harry and DD.

[werefrog]

SO sorry abt. the size :cringe: I couldn't get it to resize no matter what

[SageThyme]

The ring on the spine appears to have the Greek letter "sigma" and a rectangle.

[Oddsbodokins]

ooh interesting! What's up with the fire brothers hand shake thing?
That boat thing...I'm betting on the first year entrance spot. Maybe one would have to go under the water to get to the entrance. It's either there or at Gringotts.

Maybe Harry has to go on some classic fantasy genre quest! Anyone, anyone?

Edit: The ring looks like it could have a lightning bolt in it too...some sort of talisman for Harry? A way for him to focus his power or keep Voldemort from entering his mind?

[Ashkins]

When I saw the boat I thought the HBP could be a first year student.

*shrug*

It does look very interesting. Hmmm the boat is also a 'golden'. Wonder if that means something specific.

[Oddsbodokins]

Maybe it's golden just because of the light. Why is it glowing so much anyway?

[Aliennation]

Originally Posted by Ashkins

When I saw the boat I thought the HBP could be a first year student..

hmm. Haven't thought of it that way. Very Interesting!

[hotharry]

OMG! I just saw a full of the british cover. On the side cover is two hands holding eachother and then fire going around them. Since Harry and Dumbledore are on the front cover I think that is them griping eachothers hands, but why the fire weaving around them. Do you think they are doing some sort of spell together?

I wonder where that boat is though. It doesn't look like its a hogwarts boat. But it is interesting to wonder if the HBP is a first year. I think that boat looks more like it is in a cave.

I just had a thougt. What if the boat is something from the pensive becuase they are both highlighted in the same light. Something in the past happened with that boat.

[Cine]

Well, now we definitely know that the pensieve IS going to play a big role in the book.

That boat sure is interesting. It looks like it's all in a cave, doesn't it? Some kind of underground cave you've got to use a boat to find.

Does anyone know if it was Mugglenet or Bloomsbury who removed the summary? Because I'd LOVE to read it. Must. Have. Spoilers. Now.

[Aliennation]

Originally Posted by Cine

Well, now we definitely know that the pensieve IS going to play a big role in the book.

That boat sure is interesting. It looks like it's all in a cave, doesn't it? Some kind of underground cave you've got to use a boat to find.

Does anyone know if it was Mugglenet or Bloomsbury who removed the summary? Because I'd LOVE to read it. Must. Have. Spoilers. Now.

I'm pretty sure that it was Bloomsbury that removed the text.

[lil_jt_37334]

what if it is not a pensive but what was in the locked room at the Ministry? and DUMBLODORE is showing Harry it because, DUMBLODORE said harry had this in him and that was what kept He-who-must-not-be-named from killing him...?????

[Briar Filth]

I was just looking through PS and I found this:

UK Paperback, Chp 5, Pg 59:
Once, he [Harry] thought he saw a burst of fire at the end of a passage and twisted round to see if it was a dragon, but too late - they [Harry and Hagrid] plunged even deeper, passing an underground lake....

Bold is mine.

Do you think that these scenes on the entire book cover are beneath Gringotts? I personally think they may be. I think it is interesting that the pedestal that holds the penseive[?] has a clawed foot at the bottom, like a dragon's foot.....

[KlutzyFreak]

Did anyone notice the ring on the top of the spine of the book?
It´s gold with a black stone, and it seems as there is a ligthningg bolton it. It´s not on anyother HP book, I just checked.... It´s a detail, but if it´s there, it´s important to the story...
Thoughts?

[yrome]

sorry if someone posted this already, but the gate looks like a gate to a graveyard to me. maybe the "Hogwart's" graveyard, or wherever the Potters are buried (if they are buried, they could be cremated, or just put through the veil?????) is only accessible by boat, and that's why we haven't read about it yet! It would be about time to get to the graveyard, so it makes sense to me.

As for the ring, maybe it's the HBP's - it looked purple and that is the color of royalty, and the whole jewelry thing fits right in with royalty.

[Lotario]

On the spine of the UK children edition of PoA is the head of a dog and on OotP a (Phoenix-?) feather. Both have a connection to the title of the book. . I'd say, that the ring on the spine has something to do with the HBP ( perhaps a family heirloom?).

[lil_jt_37334]

well what about the green lights?