I the HBP (was Re: Snape's hidden plan?/Alan Rickman 's quote repost

[Cindy]

No: HPFGUIDX 136342

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "colebiancardi" <muellem at b...> 
wrote:
> But perhaps Snape wants to make sure that Harry knows that HE knows
> about it - the Half-Blood prince reference was to ensure that Snape
> KNEW that Harry would understand, without a doubt, that Snape was 
the
> owner & creator of those spells.  Whereas if he just said, "it was 
my
> book, you dunderhead"....would Harry really believe him?  Harry 
viewed
> "Prince" as his "friend" - to have Snape tell him he knows about 
the
> nickname, well, that kind of drives it home for Harry - It's
> teen-Snape who has been mentoring him all year long in 
potions...it's
> teen-Snape who had given Harry his first success in performing a
> non-verbal spell.  
> that has to burn Harry's behind...
> 
> colebiancardi(4th post of the day - ouch)

Didn't JKR say that the HBP information was orginally going to come 
out in COS but she decided to wait and keep it for the sixth book? 
Wasn't she even planning it for the title? So originally it was 
planned that Ginny would be influenced by the diary, and Harry would 
have access to using the Advanced Potions book and learning those 
spells. (Maybe at that time JKR was going to have it be the second 
year potions book).  I guess my point here is that this info could 
have been introduced much earlier without giving away anything.  I 
just wonder how significant it is to figuring out anything, well, 
significant. My apologies for wasting anyone's brain cells if I have 
faulty info about JKR's original intentions.