Broomsticks And Owls

by **werebane** » Monday 2 September 2002 9:00:26pm

i may just be stupid but how can the invisibility cloak look normal when its not around you but when it is around you, you it is invisible. am i just stupid or what? :rolleyes:

by **the-rabid-chocobo** » Monday 2 September 2002 9:14:19pm

i never thought of it that away

by **Wedge** » Monday 2 September 2002 9:51:41pm

And why hasn't Harry ever used it in dirty and innopropriate ways... wait, maybe hasn't started thinking of those sort of things yet, maybe in the next book or something...

by **Paul** » Monday 2 September 2002 9:54:50pm

Maybe its like one of those double sided jerseys. You know the type - one way they're blue, but turn them inside out and they're yellow. Could be that one way around the invisibility cloak looks normal but turn it the other way and you get the invisible side.

by **Wedge** » Monday 2 September 2002 9:58:37pm

i suppose... its a good theory!

by **Shadow** » Monday 2 September 2002 10:30:18pm

hmm.. I sorta got the impression that it didn't matter how u put it on.

by **the-rabid-chocobo** » Wednesday 4 September 2002 1:15:42am

if it was double sided wouldn't you lose it really easy? like if you put it down somewhere w/ the wrong side up?

by **Alice I** » Sunday 16 May 2004 10:02:43pm

In the P/SS the invisibility cloak is described:

Something fluid and silvery gray went slithering to the floor where it lay in gleaming folds.
Harry picked up the shining, silvery cloth off the floor. It was strange to touch, like water woven into material.

In Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them the Demiguise is described:

The Demiguise is found in the Far East, though only with great difficulty, for this beast is able to make itself invisible when threatened, and can be seen only by wizards skilled in it's capture.
The Demiguise is a peaceful herbivorous beast, something like a graceful ape in appearance, with large, black doleful eyes more often than not hidden by it's hair. The whole body is covered with long, fine, silky, silvery hair. Demiguise pelts are highly valued as the hair may be spun into Invisibility Cloaks.

From these two bits of information I am assuming that the Invisibility Cloak can be seen when not in use. The hair of the Demiguise must be somewhat visable in order to spin it into fabric. Anyway I wonder if JKR has ever stated anything about this in any of her interviews?