Tom as Half Blood Prince. Or Lee? =)

[Brenda M.]

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>>> Tim Regan wrote:
> This has left me thinking that it is Tom Riddle who is the half 
blood
> prince. That's why he chooses an aristocratic nom de plume for his 
post
> transformation self. Given the back-story we've seen about his 
father ,
> I think we can say that Mr Riddle was not from aristocratic 
lineage, but
> he seems the type of man who would have been enamoured by any 
woman who
> was. So perhaps Mrs Riddle was a royal. And she was a witch. So Tom
> Riddle is the half blood prince, and we'll be seeing him again in 
book
> six. Perhaps Dumbledore's words to Lucius towards the end of 
CoS: "I
> would advise you, Lucius, not to go giving out any more of Lord
> Voldemort's old school things. If any more of them find their way 
into
> innocent hands, I think Arthur Weasley, for one, will make sure 
they are
> traced back to you" were more a prophesy than a threat.
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] <<<


Bren now:

I agree with you and a few others (can't remember the names, sorry, 
there are just so many posts on this topic) that Tom Riddle is 
indeed the "Half Blood Prince". After all, Harry & co had hard time 
speculating who the "Heir of Slytherin" was and it was Tom Riddle. 
And "Half Blood Prince" sounds like an OK alternative to Heir of 
Slytherin. Not good, but OK (I'm still having hard time accepting 
the fact that JKR even thought about designating *anyone* in the 
book "Prince". Isn't that the most stereotypical feature of 
fairytail stories?)

But if TR is indeed HBP, I don't think it was because Mrs Riddle was 
a royal. Do you think Tom is related to Salazar Slytherin by blood? 
Being the "last remaining descendent (or ancestor, whichever)" 
or "Heir of Slytherin", I somehow get the feeling that this isn't 
the blood/lineage connection. I think there is a DIRECT relationship 
between Salazar and Tom, not the blood that has been passed down for 
the past 1000 yers.

Or how about Lee Jordan? I think he "looks" like Prince... the 
musician that is, lol. (Just trying to light things up here ;P)

Is he pure-blood or Muggle-born?

Bren