Kaylee Marie
I like the dementors as 9 of swords... "feeling as if I'd never be happy again," as Ron so aptly put it.
5 of wands would be perfect as a Quidditch match, but I see the 7 of wands as Dumbledore's Army. Standing up for what they believed in, these kids faced seemingly insurmountable odds with bravery and a fighting style all their own.
True, Trelawney is a flake, but I don't see Hermione as any better a fit for the High Priestess. She's much too cerebral, not nearly spiritual enough. She puts all her faith in books, not the greater energies/belief systems of religion and philosophy. Other than Firenze, I can't think of any characters that are truly spiritual and connected with the world in the sense of the High Priestess. But he's male, so I don't think that would work....
Perhaps a good High Priestess will present herself in Book 6 or 7. I agree that Trelawney doesn't work here. Her spiritual epiphanies are too hit-and-miss. Only two prophecies in 16 years? And they happened by accident! What kind of track record is that for a "High" Priestess?
I completely agree with Hudson Gray in that nothing can be set in stone yet. There are still many adventures to face and new people for Harry to meet in the upcoming books. (Repeating my new mantra: July 15 will be here soon... July 15 will be here soon...
) And there's really no chance of getting the deck published until all books have been published, translated extensively, and republished in paperback, and all seven movies released on DVD... and still probably another year or more after that. Only after all HP revenue streams have been exhausted will the publishers even consider the idea of signing over the rights to use these images. And that is only if Rowling approves as well. Still, there's no harm in dreaming... brainstorming these cards is a fun way to explore the meanings of various tarot cards.
And BTW, Ulfdis, I also see the deck in the same style as Mary Grandpre's illustrations for the books. I simply hate when movie images take over a book. Like now you can't buy Lord of the Rings books w/o cover art from the movies (unless you're buying an older, used copy of course). Whatever happened to encouraging the reader's imagination? And beautiful, hand-drawn illustrations? But that's just a pet peeve of mine. I also hate the photo-realism style in tarot decks that have come out lately. Maybe I'm too much of a traditionalist.
5 of wands would be perfect as a Quidditch match, but I see the 7 of wands as Dumbledore's Army. Standing up for what they believed in, these kids faced seemingly insurmountable odds with bravery and a fighting style all their own.
True, Trelawney is a flake, but I don't see Hermione as any better a fit for the High Priestess. She's much too cerebral, not nearly spiritual enough. She puts all her faith in books, not the greater energies/belief systems of religion and philosophy. Other than Firenze, I can't think of any characters that are truly spiritual and connected with the world in the sense of the High Priestess. But he's male, so I don't think that would work....
Perhaps a good High Priestess will present herself in Book 6 or 7. I agree that Trelawney doesn't work here. Her spiritual epiphanies are too hit-and-miss. Only two prophecies in 16 years? And they happened by accident! What kind of track record is that for a "High" Priestess?
I completely agree with Hudson Gray in that nothing can be set in stone yet. There are still many adventures to face and new people for Harry to meet in the upcoming books. (Repeating my new mantra: July 15 will be here soon... July 15 will be here soon...
) And there's really no chance of getting the deck published until all books have been published, translated extensively, and republished in paperback, and all seven movies released on DVD... and still probably another year or more after that. Only after all HP revenue streams have been exhausted will the publishers even consider the idea of signing over the rights to use these images. And that is only if Rowling approves as well. Still, there's no harm in dreaming... brainstorming these cards is a fun way to explore the meanings of various tarot cards. And BTW, Ulfdis, I also see the deck in the same style as Mary Grandpre's illustrations for the books. I simply hate when movie images take over a book. Like now you can't buy Lord of the Rings books w/o cover art from the movies (unless you're buying an older, used copy of course). Whatever happened to encouraging the reader's imagination? And beautiful, hand-drawn illustrations? But that's just a pet peeve of mine. I also hate the photo-realism style in tarot decks that have come out lately. Maybe I'm too much of a traditionalist.
