I think he looks sufficiently un-Harry. Actually, I think he looks a little too old, but maybe that's just the sketch lines making him look like he has smile wrinkles. (He wouldn't have wrinkles, right? He didn't live old enough... >_>) I also realize there's a tension between him being father-figure Emperor and being in a setting from his schoolboy days.
Is he going to have both his wand and a broom? I feel like that kind of unbalances the masculine/feminine symbolism, especially since the snitch is already so small. XP
I was briefly thinking about the schoolboy thing yesterday too, actually, but we don't really have any context for James from after that. I HATE THIS CARD. XP (though I do like the art.)
Hah, you actually identified the broom. The Emperor has feminine symbolism? I thought he was just manly structure/control all around. I mean I know the globe is there but does it matter much?
Well, he's supposed to have the globe in one hand and a staff in the other, which to me implies some sort of balance. But yeah, I guess it doesn't really matter. If it bothers anyone else, we can mush the broom into some other aspect of Emperor symbolism (ram, eagle, whatever).
Yeah, can tell it's not-Harry ... the Prongs help, and the difference in face shape helps (I think your Harry has a heart-shaped face?), and the smugness/impishness helps.
I think my Harry does develop more of a jaw as he grows older (much like Daniel Radcliffe himself), but I'll work that out later. :) There are surprisingly few cards where you get a good look at his face.
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Is he going to have both his wand and a broom? I feel like that kind of unbalances the masculine/feminine symbolism, especially since the snitch is already so small. XP
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Hah, you actually identified the broom. The Emperor has feminine symbolism? I thought he was just manly structure/control all around. I mean I know the globe is there but does it matter much?
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