The Half Blood Prince -- Salazar Slytherin?

[albusthewhite]

No: HPFGUIDX 103475

James <jamesellison at d...> wrote:
> <snip> 
> 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. <snip> 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.


Nice!  Salazar fits all the requirements, I think you make a great argument 
for him!  There is a lot of reflection of one generation in another in the Potterverse, so a similar but larger-scale reflection of past to present 
makes sense.  

albusthewhite
("I love the sexy slither of a female snake")