The Wizard Formerly Known as the Half-Blood Prince

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No: HPFGUIDX 127793


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Marci" <blackgold101 at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> I don't know if this has been addressed here, so please excuse me 
if 
> it has.
> 
> ***
> 
> 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

Fascinating hypothesis regarding the seven potions and the DADA 
professors.  (Reminds me of the Knight2King 7 moves = 7 years 
essay.)  I would concur that so far the 5 DADAs that have been at 
Hogwarts coincide in character with the first 5 potions.  

You lost me when you named Grindelwald as your candidate for HBP.  
I'm not sure if this is because I wasn't making all the leaps you 
were or if your leaps, themselves, were too far.  I, too, agree that 
we will learn a lot more about Grindelwald and have posted on this 
last year some time.  (Another reason I think we will learn more 
about him is Dumbledore's chocolate frog card.  We learned about 
Flamel in PS/SS; I think we will learn about Grindelwald in 6 or 
7).  However, I just did not make these connections:
1. Moving from the 7 potions/7 DADAs to the identity of the HBP
2. Grindelwald being HBP (and I am ignorant of the translation of 
the French title and need to be informed).

Help!

Julie