HBP MUST have appeared in COS

[Stephanie]

No: HPFGUIDX 103436

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "albusthewhite" 
<jacobalfredo at h...> wrote:
> 
> 
> karenlyall666:
> > > I'm having problems understanding why everyone seems to have 
decided 
> > > that the 'Half Blood Prince' character must have appeared in 
Chamber 
> > > of Secrets.
> 
> Wanda:
> > True, but the fact that this was considered as a possible title 
for 
> > Book 2 argues that someone who could fit the description "Half 
Blood 
> > Prince" must have been in that book.  Rowling changed the title, 
and 
> > it's possible she took the HBP character out of the book 
entirely in 
> > order to introduce him later on.  But I don't think that's 
likely, 
> > because someone or something important enough to figure in the 
title 
> > would be hard to just remove.  
> 
> now me:
> In an interview given 10/2004, Jo was asked, "What was the 
original working title of 
> Chamber of Secrets?"  She replied, "Harry Potter and the Half 
Blood Prince. I quite liked 
> that title, unfortunately the story bore no relation whatsoever to 
the title by the time I'd 
> finished."  No relation whatsoever...  
> I'm taking that as pretty good evidence that the HBP will not be 
related to CoS.  Perhaps 
> she was using it to refer to Riddle/VM (certainly apt) but then 
decided it would work better 
> for something else?  Certainly the HBP might appear in CoS, but 
not necessarily and we 
> might not recognize him (or her or it?).
> 
> albus the white

Steph:
So if "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" had no relation what 
so ever to COS in the end...why are we still contemplating Tom 
Riddle?  I must say though...I was apalled by the thought of Tom 
Riddle being the Half Blood prince....but many of you have atleast 
caused me to rethink things...I still don't think it's him, though...
Do you think it's possible that it's not a LIVE person...but a diary 
that lets Harry and the others in on past happenings?...in a 
truthful way of course.  The diary itslef was a major part of 
COS...so maybe we're thinking in the wrong direction....