The Wizard Formerly Known as the Half-Blood Prince

[Marci]

No: HPFGUIDX 127778


I don't know if this has been addressed here, so please excuse me if 
it has.

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This is where I let you in on my theory on who is the Half-Blood 
Prince.

The 7 potions represent the seven DADA professors of the entire
series.

Of bottles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, three are hiding/disguised
poisons that will kill the drinker. Bottles 1, 4, and 5 are
poisons. Quirrell, Crouch!Moody, and Umbridge all in some way tried
to kill Harry.

Poisons are always found on nettle wines left side. The wines will
do nothing to you, except maybe just keep you from moving on (or
going back), wasting your time. Bottles 2 and 6 are the nettle wines
(with bottles 1 and 5 to their lefts). So, DADA #6 will likely waste
our time (so maybe DA sessions actually will continue). Or if not,
he/she won't be a threat to Harry.

This leaves the bottles to move forward and back. Bottle 3 is what
Harry drinks to move forward. This is Lupin. Harry learned quite a
bit from Lupin, especially the Patronus charm, which allowed him to
save his own life (along with Sirius and Hermione) to 'move on'.

Now here is the second part to my theory. Snape will be DADA #7. This
is the only bottle we know the result of, and where it was in the 
line. It sends the drinker
back. Yes, Hermione drank this, but she is not the main character.
Nor was the task meant for two. It was meant for one. This is
Harry's story. Snape's Worst Memory sent Harry back in time.

Still with me? LOL

The dwarf and giant bottles do not hold death in their insides. (The
wines or the forward or back). Either meaning Dobby and Hagrid are
safe from death, or Ginny seemed she was going to, but didn't. (I'm
forgetting something else here.)

Bottles 2 and 6 are twins, though different at first sight. JKR has
mentioned some link between COS and HBP (books 2 and 6). This would
just scream that Tom Riddle is the HBP. But, she said it was not
him. Also, there is no trace left of the HBP's story in COS, which
lead me to someone who could have been mentioned in COS because a
certain time period was visited...

GRINDELWALD. We know nothing except that he was defeated by DD in
1945. Thanks to the translation of the French title, we know
we're dealing with a person who is a half-blood. Grindelwald could
very well have a similar story to that of Tom Riddle. HP and TR
certainly have similar stories.

Also, there is one other book in the series so far that referred to a
person. The person was named only once in the first book. That was
Sirius Black, The Prisoner of Azkaban.

Grindelwald was mentioned only once in the first book. He gets my
vote for being the Half-Blood Prince. It ties in with the good/bad
title theory too.

That's all for now.

Marci