What to Make of Tom Riddle's Clues?

[karen_lvssr]

No: HPFGUIDX 114514


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "abadgerfan2" 
<ABadgerFan2 at m...> wrote:
> We've all been alerted to look for hints in Book Two as to what 
will 
> transpire next, and why. 
> 
> From that perspective, I took recent notice when I coincidentally 
> turned to an HBO showing of Chamber of Secrets just at the 
point 
> where the diary-preserved Tom Riddle was exposing and 
explaining 
> himself to Harry, in the Chamber. 


Karen L.,
I am going out on a limb, but here goes.  What if the connection 
between book 2 and book 6 is more obtuse? What if the clue to 
the half blood prince is that the "Prince" is the product of an ill 
advised marriage or unplanned pregnancy?
 
Hang with me now,  I came up with this idea as I was re-reading 
GoF.  In 
the beginning 
JKR goes to great pains to tell us that the Riddles were very rich 
and very snobbish people.  ( similar to another family we have 
grown to know and loath)  What if TMR/LV 's mother was not only 
a witch but also from a lower social standing and therefore no 
longer suitable for Mr. Tom Riddle, Sr?  Like I said I am going out 
on a limb, so bear with me.    What if they (Riddle Sr & wife) were  
secretly married, but  his dear, snobbish mother or father found 
out that the girl was from a lower social standing and threatened 
to cut him off from his inheritance if he stayed 
with TMR's mother?   Most pampered boys of that class would 
most likely chose the money and leave the girl behind. (think 
Jane Austin, Sense and Sensibilities) TMR's mother obviously 
had strong feelings/love for TMR's father, else why did she name 
her child after him?  Anyway, TMR may ASSUME (Ass out of U 
and Me) his father left his 
mother because she was a witch, but how would he really 
know?   
My idea/ theory is that the Half Blood Prince, may 
have had this same kind of start.  But instead of going to an 
orphanage he is raised by his mother, a muggle.  There have 
been theories floating around out there that Draco may be the  
HB prince, (none of which I agree with) but what if Lucius Malfoy 
or his father had an affair 
with a muggle and that produced a child?  (stranger things have 
happened!) If Lucius or is father 
had an affair in younger days,  and the parents found out, they 
probably would have threatened to cut him off financially if he 
didn't drop her...similar to what I theorize that the Riddle parents 
did to TMR's father.  It may be more likely LM's father, and what if 
the child was not a wizard, but then that child had a child that 
was a wizard?   It's something about the Riddle's and the 
Malfoy's that seems to be the connection IMHO.  And the 
connection that I see is that they are both very wealthy, snobbish 
and not well thought of!  Now how this 
Prince fits in with Harry, I have no idea, my theory doesn't go that 
far.
  
Karen, waiting for the onslaught