Disclaimer: I'm not muscling in on JK's turf - just gambolling on it, like a spring lamb, having fun working out the literary and psychological puzzles which she is having fun setting us.
ICONS OF PEACE AND WAR
The exhibition winds away: glittering Russian saints holding holy books and raising two fingers in blessing; iconic images from Muggle wars, the bulldog-man gesturing V-for-Victory.
Finally, the moving Vold War portraits - Potter, Dumbledore, Granger, Black, all our warriors, culminating in the Martyr's straight black hair and pale face, a weighty Potions tome in the crook of his marked arm. Tight-lipped, he raises two fingers towards the red sky of battle, turns his hand and parts his fingers in benediction...
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"You know, I'm sure when Churchill did it the palm of his hand was towards the viewer..."
Author's note:
Written by whitehound, plot-bunny by Dyce. If anybody foreign doesn't understand this, ask anybody British what "the old two-fingered salute" means...
We do hope and intend to have another chapter of Lost and Found out for Christmas.