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Post by Lisa » Tue August 12th, 2014, 9:47 am

The dress again. Have we had this one? It's hard to keep track.

At least her arm isn't bent at such a weird angle in this one. I can see why they've cropped it out in most of the covers showing her from behind.

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Post by Madeleine » Tue August 12th, 2014, 9:49 am

Still a weird angle though, the way she's leaning back and pushing her stomach out.
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Post by Misfit » Tue August 12th, 2014, 11:04 am

Her arms do look to be at an odd angle. I don't think we've seen this cover before.
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Post by Lisa » Tue August 12th, 2014, 11:22 am

[quote=""Misfit""]Her arms do look to be at an odd angle. I don't think we've seen this cover before.[/quote]

But check out her arms on the Dead Man's Debt cover you posted yesterday, now that just doesn't look comfortable!

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Post by Madeleine » Tue August 12th, 2014, 11:34 am

[quote=""LadyB""]But check out her arms on the Dead Man's Debt cover you posted yesterday, now that just doesn't look comfortable![/quote]

OMG I didn't notice that yesterday (too distracted by the guy's hair on the othr cover:rolleyes :) but that looks an impossible position - either she's double-jointed, or that arm's on back to front :eek:
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Post by Lisa » Tue August 12th, 2014, 1:07 pm

[quote=""Madeleine""]OMG I didn't notice that yesterday (too distracted by the guy's hair on the othr cover:rolleyes :) but that looks an impossible position - either she's double-jointed, or that arm's on back to front :eek: [/quote]

In many of the covers she's on in that pose, they've cropped off the awkward arm.

She doesn't look comfortable in any of the poses, and the sleeves are always a bit too wide for her magical distorting arms.

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Post by Mythica » Wed August 13th, 2014, 9:46 pm

[quote=""LadyB""]The dress again. Have we had this one? It's hard to keep track.

At least her arm isn't bent at such a weird angle in this one. I can see why they've cropped it out in most of the covers showing her from behind.

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Nope, haven't seen that one before!

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Post by Mythica » Wed August 13th, 2014, 9:47 pm

[quote=""Misfit""]I haven't seen many recent Severn House covers, but the older 80s books i've got via library have been so bad even I'm embarrassed to read them in public. I'll hunt one down when I get to a desktop.[/quote]

Well... it was the 80s...

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Post by Misfit » Thu August 14th, 2014, 12:56 am

[quote=""Mythica""]Well... it was the 80s...[/quote]

Lol. Such makeup and big hair we had back then.
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Post by Mythica » Thu August 14th, 2014, 2:38 pm

This one again:

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