Who is the HBP? James Potter

[Diana]

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Tina wrote:
> Could it be James Potter? We don't know anything about James's 
> lineage. It has been said that James never had to get a well 
paying 
> job because he inherited a great deal of wealth from his parents. 
> Just because the title says Harry Potter and The Half Blood 
Prince, 
> it doesn't mean that HBP is actually still alive. There are 
several 
> interviews backing up the fact that we will learn more about 
James, 
> his parents (and Lily's)and where James came into being wealthy. 
 

I'm really warming to this idea that James Potter may be the half 
blood prince of the title.  It occured to me that not only could 
James's inherited wealth be explained by royal lineage, but other 
curious events could be as well.  
Take James's arrogant behavior inside Snape's memory in OotP, for 
example.  If James was really a prince it could explain his 
cockiness and arrogance.  James sure thought a lot of himself and I 
could honestly see a royal lineage and title going to his head and 
causing that kind of better-than-thou behavior.  James-as-the-prince 
would also help lay heavy-duty ground work on the intense hatred 
that Snape has for James and Harry.  Imagine Snape as a possibly 
poor or lower-midddle-class boy from a broken or dysfunctional home 
going to Hogwarts where a rich, cocky prince (James) picks on him 
constantly (with Snape giving it right back to James).  I could also 
see Lily being very upset with a prince who acts like a jerk when he 
should be acting more like his title suggests.  
Now, years later, the son of the now-dead prince shows up and Snape 
sees the opportunity to get revenge on another 'prince' (if Harry 
could still be assigned the title through lineage that is).  Snape 
may not know that Harry knows very little about his father and may 
think Harry is just full of himself like his father was.  Most 
likely Snape could care less if Harry knows anything about James, 
and just enjoys putting the screws to this young 'prince' that seems 
to get away with everything....like his father did.

I could easily see that the details that were left out CoS (that are 
now going to be in book 6) were all about Dumbledore explaining to 
Harry about his lineage, which is descended from Godric Gryffindor 
himself.  This revelation of Harry's lineage (and royal connection 
through James?) could easily have been inserted into CoS when 
Dumbledore was explaining to Harry about his being a true Gryffindor 
because he pulled Godric's sword out of the the Sorting Hat 
(formerly Godric's hat!).  

I wonder how Harry would feel if he suddenly found out that his dad 
was a prince?  Probably even more upset with him after those 
revelations of his dad's behavior inside Snape's memory, I'm 
guessing.  

Well, I'm still thinking that the half blood prince is going to be a 
new character, but if not, I'm rooting for James Potter to be the 
half blood prince.  It would really explain a lot.

Diana L.