HBP (was partly Re: HBP = Draco)

[Amey Chinchorkar]

No: HPFGUIDX 105269

>> From: "Cathy Drolet" <cldrolet at sympatico.ca>
>> Subject: HBP = Draco
>> I don't believe this for a second but the thought struck me as I was >> reading "The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black" chapter of OotP.
>> <snip>
>> Draco is 'half blood' - half Black blood through his mother.  The  >> Black family believes that to be a Black made you practically royal.>> ..Prince.  

Amey:
If he is half blood on his mother's side, that means his mother is either muggle born or has some Muggle ancestors. This clashes with the fact that Blacks were very obsessed with their pure-bloodedness. ("my parents, with their pure-blood mania"..."'No, no, but believe me, they 
thought Voldemort had the right idea, they were all for the purification of the wizarding race, getting rid of Muggle-borns and having pure-bloods in charge."). So Malfoy is pure blood through and through (though I would have liked him to wake up one day to hear that he is not a pure blood). 

One more thought though, what if the HBP being a working title for CoS is a red herring? (*smirks at the thought of possibilities*). It will open up a whole new line of thought. What JKR says about the first chapter of book six is that she had thought of it from first book, so 
there is no direct point to CoS there also. What if we are led on entirely different path here? (Wouldn't put it past JKR) Though if she has to run away for Mark Evans, I am sure she will have to make her house unplottable, and find some good secret keeper for her.

So, discounting that part, let's see what we know about HBP:
1. It was a title for part 2
2. Certain parts of book6 were originally intended for book2, but she realised in *first draft* that the information was for book6.
3. CoS holds some important clues for the ultimate end of series.
4. It's opening chapter was to be used for SS/PS, PoA and OotP. 

Considering points 1, 2 and 3, they seem to mean that whoever is HBP is, must have played some part (and I think some major part) in CoS. There are four characters: 
1. Harry
2. TR
3. Hagrid
4. Slytherin

Now Harry is not HBP, as told by her (and there is no chance of misreading it, as there are no two parts of Harry ilke LV and TR). So that leaves us with 3. 

Now, Consider Hagrid, his information however different or important would not much change the outcome of the series. I mean he is important as one of Harry's supports, but still he plays that part, not any central part. Also we don't know he is half-human till 4th part, so I doubt *his-story* would have changed the title that much.

Now comes TR. Yes, here is a tricky one. Perhaps, the bit of Dobby saying that He-who-must-not-be-named could be freely named early would be one of the clues. So he could well be HBP (and he fits the bill, coming from a witch and a muggle). How he found his lineage, how he found the CoS, and all the secrets in it (at least how to summon Basilisk and the fact that it was a basilisk there, I mean he could not go there there, see it and recognise it, he would be dead before he knew it, and with him Slyhterin's last heir and dream) is the story missing, but then where is the part where it should be told? When he takes Harry in his diary is not the time, standing in CoS, yes it would gain him time to return to full, but then isn't that typically villaneous (I mean telling your lifestory to hero, giving him chance to kill you). Also, he is more inetrested in knowing Harry's story than telling his own. Also, the diary leaves a lot to be cleared. I mean, how Malfoy got it? When? I mean LV could hardly see that he would be dying and given it to Malfoy. Also, why did he needed his Heir to come to Hogwarts and complete the *Slytherin's great work*? Wasn't he the greatest wizard in the century? Couldn't he complete the work himself? He was going to be immortal, so can't he continue it? Once he defeats Dumbledore, isn't the Hogwarts open to him to do as he wants? 

Last but not the least, we have Slytherin himself. He *started all this pure-blood stuff* (Ron - CoS), he fought with other founders (especially Gryffindor) and left the school after building the CoS. Now, we know all this history quite early in the story(yes, near to half point, but before we know anything about TR). So the book is really about *Heir of Slytherin* more than Tom. I think, the bit of him fighting with Gryffindor, leaving the school (it would not be just one day quarrel and he is gone), this part leaves a long story to be told. (Just imagine Hermione reading it in Hogwarts: A history, and the trio taking the story apart for all the clues they could get). And given his pure blood mania and looking at his last descendent, he might be a halfblood himself, himself a descendent of some great wizard of their time. So he  is a good candidate. Also, I would like to know very much why it is called Chamber of *Secrets* when we know there is the *horror* (not horrors - look what Prof. Binns says) inside it. 

So all in all, I think there are two possibilities- TR and Slytherin. That leaves me with one more question, why are people considering that HBP has to be a good person? I mean,people are considering that it might be TR, but many think TR as the good side of LV, who gave up his TR side etc. etc. But, what I think that need not be the case. LV and TR are by this time one and the same, just a few spells difference.

Also, one more this about titles, 
1. SS/PS - a good thing (in good hands of course)
2. CoS - a bad room, evil
3. PoA - evil person, who comes out good
4. GoF - a magical object, presumably good
5. OoTP - a group of good people
6. HBP - to maintain the symmetry of good and bad, i believe it should be bad (or is it good considering that PoA if after all good, man, I am confused)

Amey, who started the post perfectly, and who now is confused beyond his wildest imagination... and will keep the discussion about first chapter for later posts



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