The Half Blood Prince (was my favorite HBP picks)

[armadillof]

No: HPFGUIDX 103453

Ok....James Potter being the Half Blood Prince bring some concepts 
to my mind... and I have some more comments on some good musings....

Albus The White wrote:
> Lupin/Snape – surely possible, but no specific evidence thus far.  
> Also, barring some unforeseen circumstance, Snape is pretty clearly 
> a pureblood (Slytherin and  Malfoy connections).

I actually question how much of a pureblood Snape is....And the 
chemistry set remark in the POA movie really has me wondering....not 
all Slytherins are pureblood...they'll deny that they are (consider 
Voldemort himself...or at least his followers)....

> DD – definitely one of the common man's favorite wizards, a protector 
> of half-bloods & muggles.  I'll point out again that the HBP doesn't 
> need to be half blood, he could be the prince of half bloods.  

I thought the raised idea of Aberforth DD being the prince is another interesting possibility b/c I do think he'll have an interesting role 
to play....

> Neville – to me, the most obvious choice, since he's the "other" 
> child the prophecy could have referred to, but is he half-blood?  
> <snip>  He doesn't specify whether his parents are wizards or 
> muggles (as he is understandably reticent to say anything about his 
> parents) so he could be either half- or fullblood wizard.  

The Longbottoms are pureblood b/c JK/DD stated during "The Lost 
Prophecy" in OOTP "notice this, Harry: he chose, not the pureblood 
(which according to his creed, is the only kind of wizard worth 
being or knowing) but the half-blood, like himself."

So...I don't really suspect Neville...

> James - Does the title character have to be living?  Does the HBP 
> have to exist in the "now" of the story, or could it be a piece of 
> history or myth that figures into the story of book 6 somehow?  Do 
> we know anything about James's ancestry?  

Now about James....it could possibly explain how Harry got all that 
money....AND we know James' opinions on Mudbloods/half bloods, etc...

COULD MAKE SENSE...I've been thinking about this for TOO long haha...

Ok....cool thoughts....anyone else want to add?

AF