Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

[Stephanie]

No: HPFGUIDX 103129

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Debra" <hpsupergeek at y...> 
wrote:
> > Jason:
> > In that case, Half blood prince may be referring to Tom Marvolor 
> > Riddle before he becomes Voldemort. We were promised more on his 
> > birth and backstory and maybe we'll find out why the name Tom 
> Riddle 
> > seemed to mean something to Harry. Like a friend he'd long since 
> > forgotten! :-)
> 
> Debra:
> That's true, that was mentioned. However, I think that was just 
> foreshadowing to the fact that Harry had met him before, with a 
> different name, and had yet to find out who he really was. Or 
perhaps 
> the entire opening of GF, including the mystery of the Riddle 
family, 
> was part of Harry's dream that made his scar hurt for the first 
time 
> since SS/PS, and therefore he *had* already heard the name before.

Steph:
What was the final decision in regards to Tom Riddle being the heir 
to Slytherin?  Could that be where the "prince" is coming from?  
But, we also know VERY little about either side's family.  It could 
be Harry...through a technicality.  I still don't know how everyone 
knows about Halfblood Prince being the COS origional title.  Can 
someone point me in the right direction....I'd love to know more.
Stephanie