"Prince" in HBP

[doddiemoemoe]

No: HPFGUIDX 106762

Angel wrote:
> When everyone is guessing which boy/man the "Half Blood Prince" is 
> referring, my question is - how come a prince emerges? 
> 
> As far as we know, wizarding world is ruled by Ministry of Magic. 
> There're no king, queen, prince or princess. So what kind of 
prince 
> is this character? How should we understand the term "prince"? 
Should 
> we take it literally as a boy born to a royal family or what 
exactly 
> does it mean? 



I have been thinking along the exact same lines...

My conclusions(or thoughts thereof--because, really, whose 
conclusions have ever been..well, conclusive.):

1.  HBP may well be Grindewald (he who DD dfeated and is an accolade 
on the back of chocolate frog trading card..  What with moody's 
missing leg and various body parts I could well write an essay 
on "Why Harry's scar is in the same spot as the 'little girl who was 
horrid'(for those who do not know, she has a little curl in the 
middle of her forehead--teehee)"...

a. this may well be why "Tom Riddle" in COS is simply not killing 
Mudbloods. He gives no explanation other than he is desires to kill 
Harry....all can save the geneology pool theory until they can prove 
Ms. Norris transfigures, or that she is something other than a kitty.
(sheesh why shouldn't Tom not save us all a heptology and commit 
suicide there and then?!??)   I suppose it  would be beneficial to 
at least note that he was "hi-jacking" the life force of GINNY--a 
pure blood who, at that time, given the crush she has on Harry, has 
no anti-mudblood ideology in her brainpain... 

 Since Tom Riddle is not simply ordering the Basilisk to kill 
only "mudbloods"(does one simply get that he wants Hogwarts closed 
down?) I tend to think that: 

b. Lucious MAY have done some handy spell work on the diary, hence 
he has his own agenda, not simply Voldemort's plans.(just 
think...Lucious is EXACTLY the type of person to let some 'other' do 
the "dirty" work(maybe even Harry?)..If there is one thing we can 
garner from Lucious and his precious son it is that the Malfoys are 
better because there is no other wizard line that is as "clean" as 
theirs.)

2. HBP may also be DD at the very least, he is a champion of half-
bloods; and what "champion" have we ever denied at least an honorary 
title of "prince" to...(isn't it like a prince to say "all those who 
are loyal etc....")

3. I do not believe HBP can be Godric Griffyndor, Hela Hufflepuff, 
or Rowena Ravenclaw, nor Salzar Slytheryn....any past prince in 
their realm would have opened their OWN school(hence the 
establishment of Hogwarts....and if any were stronger than the 
others..they simply would have had their own univerisites(Beaubetans 
and Durmstrang......not simply their own primary and secondary 
schools.

At this time, I simply cannot think of anyone JKR has given enough 
background on that may be the HBP..

However, it is such a long time until we see book six though. *heavy 
sigh*