The Half Blood Prince (was my favorite HBP picks)

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Albus the White <jacobalfredo at h...> wrote:
> Jo has told us that it is definitely not Harry or Voldemort 
> - so who is it?  


Of the above, I like the idea of James Potter being the half-blood
Prince best... but my favourite idea so far is Salazar Slytherin.

He definitely played a role in CoS, and I can see that the book might
have been significantly reduced so that he didn't actually factor in
much and we didn't get to know much about him. If he were indeed a
half-blood, he (or one of his parents!) must have had some bad
experiences with muggles; just like Voldemort did, if he insisted on
purebloods only at Hogwarts. 

It seems as if mudbloods and half-bloods were disliked in those days
too, as nowadays there is still plenty of discrimination and we learn
that wizards have had to marry muggles to pass on the magic, so to
speak. Salazar Slytherin was undoubtedly an incredibly powerful and
important wizard too regardless of his unfortunate lineage, so much so
he might be touted as "The Halfblood Prince".

Finally, it could be argued that Salazar has important ties with both
Harry & Voldemort; in that both were considered for Slytherin house
and both are Parseltongues.

Anything else?

-James (who would like to note that Basilisks enjoy Barry White, but
not Whacking Day)