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I was thinking...

What if the half-blood prince is just a new character? Who said he HAD to be an existing character?

Kram Nebuer wrote:I was thinking...

What if the half-blood prince is just a new character? Who said he HAD to be an existing character?

Well, I personally hope Rowling doesn't pull that on us. It's too late in the series to introduce a brand-new title character and expect the readers to get properly involved with it - Rowling even said that she hesitates to mention Hermione's younger sister in future books. If she doesn't like the idea of introducing a minor, negligible character like that, she wouldn't pull the same stunt with a major, title character. That's my theory, anyways.

Paka wrote:Well, I personally hope Rowling doesn't pull that on us. It's too late in the series to introduce a brand-new title character and expect the readers to get properly involved with it - Rowling even said that she hesitates to mention Hermione's younger sister in future books. If she doesn't like the idea of introducing a minor, negligible character like that, she wouldn't pull the same stunt with a major, title character. That's my theory, anyways.

If that is true, this brings back the question of who the heck it is. It would be horrible if we don't find out until the end!

Rowling even said that she hesitates to mention Hermione's younger sister in future books.

I didn't know she had one! That'd be fun if she were a witch too and she came to Hogwarts and followed Hermione around all day or annoyed her or pretended like they weren't related.

Yup, she mentioned that Hermione has a younger sister in a World Book Day chat, but she doesn't know whether to feature her in the books or not. Maybe Lil' Granger will end up like Mafalda Weasley (the infamous Weasley cousin) - written, but later cut out of, the books.

I keep on checking on HK Rowlings Website for info on the 6th Book but without prevail. I don't know much about the Harry Potter Movies I have only seen the first 25 Minnutes of the first one and My Parents wouldn't allow me to see the other 2 they say they are to violent. But I do have the 5 books out so far and have read them repeatedly.

jambo*rafiki wrote:I know JK Rowling was very firm on the point that the Half Blood Prince is neither Harry nor Voldemort, but we have to remember that she's really tricky. My theory is that the Half Blood Prince is Tom Riddle . . . not quite Voldemort, but not anyone else either. I don't know, it's just a theory, and not a very good one. Does anyone know when this book is coming out?

P.S. Whoever said that thing about the butterfly - that's really cool!

you could be right there jambo*rafiki. Rowling said it wasnt Harry or Voldemort, but Tom Riddle isnt Voldemort yet. so you could be right. my guess is that the Half-Blood Prince is eith Tom Riddle or Hagrid.

i also realized something else. check this out

Book 1 (Sorcerer's Stone) + Book 4 (The Gobloet of Fire) = objects
Book 2 (Chamber of Secrets) + Book 5 (Order of the Phoenix) = places (originally the 5th book was supposed to be called the Department of Mysteries)
Book 3 (Prisoner of Azkaban) + Book 6 (Half-Blood Prince) = people

Very interesting, Remus. It makes me wonder what the title to book 7 will be, already (if it follows the pattern you found, it'll have to do with an object like the Stone and Goblet).

From
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3566812.stm

Rowling reads to gathered fans

She told them her eponymous hero would "survive to book seven" but refused to confirm whether he would grow up to be a wizard.

And she revealed that there were two vital questions she had never been asked about the series which might help to unravel its mysteries.

The best-selling author jokingly chastised herself for being "shockingly indiscreet", but she kept her mouth tightly shut when asked about the title of her seventh book.

I've just had a shocking thought! What if none of Harry Potter is 'real' - what if it's all the imaginings of Harry, who is using them as an escape if he is really still being abused by his Uncle and Aunt?

I mean that would be a pretty major question wouldn't it? "Is all this 'real'?"

Ahh, that reminds me way too much of the series finale of Roseanne...If she did end it that way, it'd certainly be interesting if not depressing. It's not one of the two vital questions, though. These are what J.K. said fans should be speculating about the most:

1. Why didn't Voldemort die when he tried to kill Harry?

2. Why didn't Dumbledore try to kill Voldemort during the climax of book five?

Uncle Remus wrote:Book 2 (Chamber of Secrets) + Book 5 (Order of the Phoenix) = places (originally the 5th book was supposed to be called the Department of Mysteries)

I beg to differ. The Order of the Phoenix is the ORGINIZATION created by Dumbledore to combat Voldemort. The PLACE they meet is Sirius's house.

Also, considering that "Half Blood Prince" was a working title for Chamber of Secrets and "Doomspell Tournament" was at one time Goblet of Fire, I doubt there's any kind of pattern going on with the titles.

Loomis wrote:Hmmm, I would have thought "Mudblood" would be more appropriate.

I believe they state in the first book that 'mudblood' is a foul term, probably like certain four letter words, and other ethnic remarks are to us, which is why it probably wasn't used in the title.

Those questions that Rowling posed are very interesting... what if there really is a "life connection" between Harry and Voldemort? Some kind of force linking the two? I dare not take Trelawney's prophesy literally, but it's still something interesting to ponder. O_O

I'm tellin ya, Voldemort = Dumbledore. I've been saying it all along. My confidence was weakened after book 5, though. Go ahead, tell me I'm crazy.

-Aaron

Tinkerbell wrote:Aaron ... your crazy.

I second that, lol.

That thing about it all being a dream would majorly suck unless it was really funny the way she did it. Like in the Bob Newhart show.