All the reasons why Tom Riddle was the HBP

[pandrea100]

No: HPFGUIDX 103747

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Stephanie" <s_karmol at y...> 
wrote:
> Pandrea...I agree with all that you said...except the eye color 
> thing...JK has said on many occassions that Harry's eyes will play 
> an important part...she even mentioned how the director of PoA 
> unintentionally put in clues for the next books...and Lily's eyes 
> were mentioned a few times in that movie although I don't believe 
it 
> was really mentioned in that specific book.

Oh.  Well, I didn't know she'd said that, so I guess 'the eyes have 
it'!  (sorry, bad pun)  I still think it seems a bit lame, but maybe 
it will work out better than I can imagine; after all JK has a better 
imagination than I have!

> And why can't the HBP be Godric Gryffindor?  If we know tons about 
> the heir of Slytherin...don't you think it makes sence that she 
> changed the name of Book two...b/c she took the GG info out?

Yes, this is the theory I'm buying into so far.  

Wanda wrote:>>Whoever the HBP is, that could be a title he gives
himself, or that his followers give him, or even that his enemies
give him. It could be said with a sneer, rather than in admiration.

True, that's why I said a honorary title either adopted by him or 
given to him.  Still, if given to Tom Riddle by enemies I suppose it 
would make sense that, not knowing TR was also Voldemort, the title 
would 'lapse' as it were.

Leb wrote: >>Viktor Krum. I personally think it is highly likely that 
he will
be the next DADA professor.

He's a bit young, don't you think?  Surely even in the wizarding 
world they don't appoint professors who have only stopped being 
students themselves a year ago?  Don't they have Wizarding Teacher 
Training College?!

Pandrea