Yay or Nay
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queensthiefHello!
I thought I would introduce myself by bringing up something that has been bothering me for the past several days. In a recent post by Greenwillow Books on Facebook (I'm sure you all know what fabulous post I am talking about :P ) I noticed something different about the cover of CoK.
My Observations
Here is a link to the first cover:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gZW10xq-pDs/SjBAt6yHsDI/AAAAAAAAB74/Yp7Lsbc4mTY/s1600/a
And here is the newest cover photo:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=9438320&op=1&view=all&subj=162146868818&aid=-1&auser=0&oid=162146868818&id=97456275106
THEY GAVE SOPHOS BEARDAGE!!!!!!
Has anyone else here been picturing Sophos without a beard?
I thought I would introduce myself by bringing up something that has been bothering me for the past several days. In a recent post by Greenwillow Books on Facebook (I'm sure you all know what fabulous post I am talking about :P ) I noticed something different about the cover of CoK.
My Observations
Here is a link to the first cover:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gZW10xq-pDs/SjBAt6yHsDI/AAAAAAAAB74/Yp7Lsbc4mTY/s1600/a
And here is the newest cover photo:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=9438320&op=1&view=all&subj=162146868818&aid=-1&auser=0&oid=162146868818&id=97456275106
THEY GAVE SOPHOS BEARDAGE!!!!!!
Has anyone else here been picturing Sophos without a beard?
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Date: 10/31/09 02:46 am (UTC)Still, he has been on the run. I doubt he's had time for a shave.
But I don't know... it seems like the cover is the exact same, but darker all over. Maybe it's just the computer monitor? He is blond, so I doubt it'll be as noticeable on the cover in real life.
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Date: 10/31/09 03:35 am (UTC)(He is still clean shaven in my head!)
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Date: 10/31/09 03:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 10/31/09 01:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 10/31/09 04:24 am (UTC)And welcome!
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Date: 10/31/09 06:03 am (UTC)And I like this one better, too. I prefer not to see the faces. My imagination likes to provide those details.
Welcome!
I like the updated cover better
Date: 11/2/09 03:33 am (UTC)I like how they sort of cleaned up Sophos' hand - it looked kind of arthritic at first; and how they gave more shine to the ring on his finger. Now that we can't see his face (I'm really glad about that), I think the ring draws more attention. I like this cover!
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Date: 10/31/09 07:01 am (UTC)But yeah, it makes Sophos seem too... old and forest-dwelling, or something. D:
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Date: 10/31/09 07:34 am (UTC)I hadn't picked up on the manacle detail. Nice!
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Date: 10/31/09 10:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 11/4/09 12:46 pm (UTC)Look on the bright side...
Date: 10/31/09 11:55 am (UTC)Re: Look on the bright side...
Date: 10/31/09 01:59 pm (UTC)Re: Look on the bright side...
Date: 10/31/09 03:05 pm (UTC)*does not mention Sophos and bears just to make Willow and Jade speechless. Does NOT.Re: Look on the bright side...
Date: 10/31/09 03:53 pm (UTC)*distracted by your icon*
Um. What? Oh, right. IT. :P
Re: Look on the bright side...
Date: 10/31/09 05:57 pm (UTC)SOPHOS KISSING BEARS!Re: Look on the bright side...
Date: 10/31/09 06:09 pm (UTC)Really? Does her fiance know about this?Re: Look on the bright side...
Date: 10/31/09 08:13 pm (UTC)Huh. I suspect I have missed the reference. Whose fiance? Also Megan said there were no dancing bears in this book.Re: Look on the bright side...
Date: 10/31/09 11:34 pm (UTC)Bear's.*innocent look*
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Date: 11/1/09 04:28 am (UTC)Re: Look on the bright side...
Date: 11/1/09 10:59 am (UTC)sorry, it gets SO confusing what with this being a five way marriage and all*equally innocent look*
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Date: 10/31/09 01:33 pm (UTC)I have nothing against beards. I'd be in a bind if I did. (Beloved hasn't seen his chin in over ten years, and I've never seen it.) :)
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Date: 10/31/09 01:55 pm (UTC)...of course, this does not apply to everyone.
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Date: 10/31/09 01:57 pm (UTC)So actually, thinking of a Sophos whose matured enough to carry a bit of a beard is giving me a little sense of squee.
Probably needs to be trimmed to a goatee or something, but we'll deal with that later, with the next change of clothes and horses...
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Date: 10/31/09 02:35 pm (UTC)But he has to shave it before his big make-out scene with Helen.
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Date: 10/31/09 06:49 pm (UTC)Hmm, this has started me thinking, but it deserves its own post.
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Date: 10/31/09 07:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 10/31/09 03:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 10/31/09 06:03 pm (UTC)*is currently fleeing crackfic bunnies*
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Date: 10/31/09 07:02 pm (UTC)I, for one, got distracted...
Date: 10/31/09 07:04 pm (UTC)*sniggersnarglesnort*
Date: 11/1/09 04:44 am (UTC)Re: *sniggersnarglesnort*
Date: 11/1/09 02:56 pm (UTC)welcome!
Date: 11/1/09 01:42 am (UTC)I'm typing this while dressed up as The Queen of Attolia. Which has nothing at all to do with anything, but I felt like mentioning the fact.
Re: welcome!
Date: 11/2/09 08:11 am (UTC)(p.s. Nice! I also dressed up for Hallowe'en as Clothos, the Greek Fate who spins the thread... I figured it was the closest I could get to Moira. Wearing a (admittedly bedsheet) peplos is so fun!))
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Date: 11/3/09 02:05 am (UTC)Oh, no!
Date: 11/1/09 02:12 am (UTC)I mean, Sophos was about 12 or 13 in "The Thief," right? So he'd be a young man now -- but still too young to grow huge quantities of facial hair, don't you think? OK, he could have a bit of beardage -- but I think most of it'll come off in the wash!
BTW, I really like the cover, and I don't object to beards at all per se, but I don't see Sophos with a beard, somehow. (Then again, I didn't see him as quite that blond, and, in general, I really like the look!)
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Date: 11/1/09 02:25 pm (UTC)But I picture Sophos as being a little girly. He's awkward with the sword, he's bookish. If he had a beard, it would only hide him.