Who is the Half Blood Prince?

[Ruth Roulston]

No: HPFGUIDX 104324

Ruth here:
 
Theories on Book Six:
1. The Half Blood Prince is probably a new character we haven't met yet, or:
2. The Half Blood Prince could be Viktor Krum.  We know little of his background and     Prof. Karkaroff was unusually considerate of Krum's welfare during GOF, or:
3.  The unknown Half Blood Prince could arise from the Chamber of Secrets.
 
Bear with me on No. 3.  If the Tom Riddle memory and the Basilisk were the only things connected with Book Two, why wasn't it called "The Secret Chamber" instead of the plural "Secrets"?  When the Weasley twins explain the Marauder's Map to Harry, they tell him that they used to use a certain tunnel under Hogwarts but it's been caved in, blocked.
 
What blocked it?  My guess is the rebounding curse of Professor Lockheart using Ron's damaged wand and the subsequent rockslide that separated Harry from Ron.  It suggests that there may have been more than one entry to the Chamber of Secrets, and that the Chamber contained more secrets than just Tom Riddle and the Basilisk.  And you needn't be a Parselmouth to access it.  The Weasley twins may simply have followed the easiest path and ignored the movie-oriented doorway to Salazar Slytherin's secret chamber.  Why the Marauder's Map could discern the tunnel and none of the elder wise wizards could - well, that's anyone's guess.
 
Our favorite author is so capable of introducing new facets to this wonderful story, nothing would surprise me in Book Six.  I look back on all the serious group discussions of the cover art for Book Five before the book's release, on the candle flames and Harry's lefthand wand, etc., and I believe that JK Rowling is going to out-guess us all.  This is why we anticipate her next book so fervently.
 
If you are on intent on pre-determining Rowling's plot, then you must Think!  Focus!  And Concentrate!  And you still won't get it right.  Dr. Rowling is a master writer, and I for one am delighted that she has tugged me into her charming and devious wizarding world.
 
Ruth   aka   Professor M. McGonagall

		
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