LOL covers

[taotrooper]

The countdown to Potterdammerung, or the wank to rule them all that will kill the Internets, is still on. So exciting!

Yeah, Harry Potter has been a great ride for me, even though my fanatism has wore down with time a bit. So I'm glad we're getting to see the end of the journey, adult!Harry will be hot, and hoping the answers will be managed either here or at JKR.com. But incidentally, I'm not in a squeeeeee mode, and I'm being more enthusiastic to the fandom reactions and the jokes spawning from the wanks.

One thing I learned from last books was not to steal a big poster from a department store if you're not going to hang it afterwards assume things from cover art.Because most of the times, you really can't tell anything from it. What did we have last year? A pensieve, a boat near a sink, a potions book, Harry's friends staring at a dark mark, two fingers joined by a ring of fire, a redneck shack with a dead snake as decoration, and Harry and Dumbledore all LOL FIRE WTF.

My point: HP cover art is random sometimes. Occasionally it does address important plot points, places, and people. But while you can make theories about the art, and it's much fun to do such, most of the time the predictions are off. Because "you can't judge a book from its cover" and shit, so trying to come up with the plot in a flawless way just by staring at the pretty official art.

That said, I know we'll be sick of seeing speculation and thoughts on H/Hr vs. R/Hr yaoi over the cover art released today. So I'm not going to bother and go "OMG snakes on a plane cover, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!" I just look at the art, say things like "mmmmm..." or "uh..." to myself, and continue. Maybe in self-preservation to the DRAMA today's TRC chapter will bring.

I will, however, say one thing:

Children's UK cover? You look like a Discworld novel. I feel the need to 'shop the Luggage and a couple of wizards and barbarians and night guards in there.

Comments

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

I'll just squee softly about Slytherin's locket because ♥ Regulus but otherwise... ^^

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

The locket does look pretty. Not at all like I imagined, but nicer from a aesthetical point of view.

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

Hee, I'm exactly the opposite. ^_^ I'm in squee mode about the book and I plan to stay the hell away from fandom.

You look like a Discworld novel
Yesss. Which means that Laurus's crack crossover theory will involve L-space and Voldie getting his ass kicked by the Librarian, or something. :P

On the not-so-fun side, Ron has movie!Ron's expression. What.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Well the library was there ever since the Monster Book of Monsters anyway... Librarian/Pince OTP their love is so bookish? *ducks*

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

I'll never work, though. I don't think she'll give him enough bananas.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

I'd PAY to see the Librarian pwning Voldie. Oh, and the Luggage eating Death Eaters and shit, too! That would be awesome. Oh, and Hermione should borrow Hex to help them find the Horcruxes (except they'd be getting "++melon melon melon++" kind of errors instead of useful stuff)

...You're right about Ron. WTF.

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

And Rincewind destroys the last Horcrux by accidentally bumping his head on it :D

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

That would be lulz, but it'd be more random if it's Ridcully the one destroying it by accident. And then he'd complain about it somehow, because he doesn't understand what's the problem with those what's-their-name-cruxes.

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

Hee, yes XD

And you know what, I just want to see Death in the middle of the whole thing...

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

In the middle? Just in the middle?

"Heh, so I died by crossing this curtain? Funny, if I knew I was going to get killed by a piece of fabric with a relative to blame, I would've bet on my dear mother's drapes and pixy venom."

"FUNNY YOU MENTION IT. I WAS JUST THINKING THIS VEIL FITS MY HOUSE WINDOWS PERFECTLY."

"*barking laugh* You have no taste, mate..."

[pleonasm]

I'm in squee mode about the book and I plan to stay the hell away from fandom.

Same here.

And that cover is one of the worst covers I've ever seen. Seriously. And I read 80s sci-fi novels.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

I say the Pratchett novels are about as "artistic" as this. Random jewelry booty and stupid poses included.

[pleonasm]

It depends on the edition, I suppose. This is the cover art edition they carry at my bookstore-- modern, a little silly, but not as strange as that HP cover.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

The editions the Spanish translations are based on have cover art like this (http://www.lspace.org/ftp/images/bookcovers/uk/the-light-fantastic-1.jpg).

I wish ours were like the one you linked. Spanish publishers look as they choose the lamest, most embarrasing covers for their books.

[kirarakim.livejournal.com]

I am excited about the fan reaction too. I've been buying Harry Potter at midnight for the last 3 books and there are always so many people. It's great that a book gets so much attention although I wish people would pay attention to other books as well. Though for some reason I am really worried I am going to be spoiled. Normally I wouldn't care but for Harry Potter I want the whole thing to be a surprise.

And the UK cover is kind of meh. I usually like them better than the North American covers too.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know what you mean. I discovered that in Spain you can buy the book the day after the American/British release, if you know where to find it. However, when I lived in Venezuela I had to wait four months to read OotP, as my mom was going to give it to me on summer, and I got spoiled in such awful ways where I least expected!

Then again, I also got spoiled for HBP before the book was even out. You know, the infamous "PAGE 606 IT'S TRUE" thing...

[fujurpreux.livejournal.com]

Hee! I just posted a link to the cover too. XD

The internet is going to explode, srsly.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

*is gathering snacks and manga scans for her antinuclear intawebz bunker*

[ayasugi-san.livejournal.com]

I can't get the cover to load. Stupid slow school network.

I don't know what I'm going to do right when it comes out, because it's in the middle of my internship. Will I have time to read and get involved in the internet implosion?

[ayasugi-san.livejournal.com]

Got it to load on another site. WTF UK kid's cover.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

WTF indeed. And sadly, that's the edition I'll be most likely to find around here, ugh.

[hamsterfactor.livejournal.com]

I was done the moment I saw fucking Dobby. Yup.

Potterdammerung should be fun. I want to see some more ships sunk.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

Whether it's Dobby or any other character... who in their right mind leaves a sword on the hands of a house elf?!

I kinda want to see Snape or Draco dying. Not because I hate those characters, because I don't and I'm indifferent to them, but because I want to see the fangirls outraged. Fun fun.

[ayasugi-san.livejournal.com]

Especially when the house-elf looks perfectly positioned to chop Harry's head of...

I hope for Snape. His astral wives make for very amusing wank.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

Snapewank always brings a special kind of crazy, which is more than welcomed! Oh, the possibilities. Nonetheless, it makes me feel wary towards salami-like cured meat for a couple of days.

[suikascented.livejournal.com]

Prefiero la versión para adultos, pero mucho me temo que como las veces anteriores, el día de la salida sólo traerán la versión 'de niños', y al cabo de un tiempo se verá la otra (si más no, así pasó con la sexta entrega. Con la quinta ni llegó).

*checks book* Y sí, parece una portada de Discworld.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

Las portadas de niños siempre son la cosa más fea que hay. Y mira que las americanas no son una maravilla tampoco, pero no te dan tanta vergüenza ajena como el arte de las británicas. Diossssssssss.

[bramblyhedge.livejournal.com]

Haha, that cover makes me wonder if Terry Pratchett was the ghostwriter for book 7. :P

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

I kinda wish he was D: If the plot happened to be full of plotholes and cheesy anyway, at least it would be hilarious and witty.

*posts with Pratchett icon (Ponder Stibbons is like the quintessencial Ravenclaw ever)*