Lupin and "Prince"

[carin_in_oh]

No: HPFGUIDX 103284

Entropy wrote:

> I think Lupin would make the perfect "Half Blood Prince".
>  Look at the canon:
...

This is a very attractive idea. I've been thinking since re-reading
(and re-watching) POA about Lupin's status as the last surviving
marauder. We've noted that Sirius's death leaves Lupin as Harry's last
(maybe best) father-figure and presumed that Lupin and Harry's
relationship will develop, but I don't think it's been remarked that
Sirius's death also quietly clears the way for Lupin to take center
stage in other respects. I don't have a well-developed theory on this;
I just agree that Lupin's one to watch.

(Otoh, this was a working title for COS and Lupin hadn't appeared yet
at that stage...)

Incidentally, I take JKR's new list of characters she loves (as
opposed to Snape, whom she loves to write) as confirmation that those
characters are NOT secretly evil - i.e. the Trio, Hagrid, Dumbledore,
Ginny, Fred, George, Lupin.

And finally, I think the most puzzling word in the book 6 title is
"Prince". Why royalty, all of a sudden? It's striking that while
purity of blood and even "nobility" soi-disant (as in the House of
Black) have been central themes so far, the notion of royalty has not
reared its head at all, whether Muggle or Wizarding royalty. Royal
families in either world also seem to be completely absent from the
snippets of history that we've gleaned so far. (I may be wrong about
this and would love to have some examples if anyone has them to hand.)
But it seems to me that the idea of _nobility_ is so problematic in
canon that it would be odd if _royalty_ were a good thing all of a
sudden. 

Carin