CoS & HBP (was I the HBP )(was Re: Snape's hidden plan?/)

[potioncat]

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Cindy wrote: 
> 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. 

Potioncat:
Yes to the quote; no to the connection. I think the link between the 
two is the Horcrux. There is confusion where she is talking about the 
book "The Half-Blood Prince" and when she is talking about the story-
line of the character the Half-Blood Prince.

Here is her quote from her official site:
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http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/faq_view.cfm?id=56

'The Half-Blood Prince' might be described as a strand of the overall 
plot. That strand could be used in a whole variety of ways and back 
in 1997 I considered weaving it into the story of 'Chamber'. It 
really didn't fit there, though; it was not part of the story of the 
basilisk and Riddle's diary, and before long I accepted that it would 
be better to do it justice in book six. I clung to the title for a 
while, even though all trace of the 'Prince' storyline had 
disappeared, because I liked it so much (yes, I really like this 
title!). I re-christened book two 'Chamber of Secrets' when I started 
the second draft.

The link I mentioned between books two and six does not, in fact, 
relate to the 'Half-Blood Prince' (because there is no trace left of 
the HBP storyline in 'Chamber'.) Rather, it relates to a discovery 
Harry made in 'Chamber' that foreshadows something that he finds out 
in 'Prince'.

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Now, the question in my mind is why did she consider keeping HBP as 
her title if Snape's book and nickname were no longer a part of the 
plot-line? Does that mean there is a connection between Snape's name 
HBP and Tom Riddle's name LV?