The Wizard Formerly Known as the Half-Blood Prince

[Marci]

No: HPFGUIDX 127796


 "Marci" <blackgold101 at y...> 
> wrote:
> > 
> > <snipped>
> > 
> > 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

Marci again:

LOL  This is just the basics.  I'm infamous for not writing stuff 
down.  This is what I could remember in the span of 5 minutes while I 
was at work.  Linking the bottles and the professors took about 10. 
The jump to Grindelwald is more to do with the link between books 2 
and 6, not the bottles being assigned to DADA professors.  But by 
linking them to the professors, they were linked to the books as well.

But it's probably not him either. LOL  I just hope it's not Godric 
Gryffindor.  Where's the fun in that?

OH, I KNEW I'D LEFT OUT SOMETHING!!!!!!!!  The Voldemort link to the 
poisons/books/bottles 1, 4 and 5.  But I can't go into it because 
that is more a theory to the series outcome.

Marci (Does HP give anyone else headaches??)