JKR and the obvious

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>  sherry:
>  If he dies, I think it will happen in book seven.  If I had to
> predict someone, I'd say a Weasley or one of the aurors we know.  
>  And i hope one of the big baddies, such as Lucius or Bella.  
...
> i think the HBP might be
> someone historical, such as Godric Gryffindor, and I think the title
> could be Prince as in champion, champion of the half bloods. 

I completely agree with you.  A lot of people seem to like following
Trelawney's 13-dinner-guests prophecy through the books, and Mrs.
Weasley is the second to rise after Sirius during the dinner scene in
the beginning of OotP.  Not to mention that out of such a large
family, it *would* be shocking if they all survived.  I don't think
enough time has been devoted to Bill or Charlie to have one of them
killed off...maybe Percy might be next?

I can see it being Snape too, though.  I really believe that he'll die
before the end of the series, just because Voldemort must be itching
to pay him back for his betrayal.

I've always thought that the half-blood prince was Gryffindor.  I
think we're due a little more backstory on him, since we got quite a
bit of Slytherin's in CoS.  I've heard a lot of debate about the
"prince who is a half-blood" vs. "prince OF half-bloods" meaning of
the title.  I think it implies a bit of both.  A friend of mine told
me that in translated versions of HBP, the title is translated into
"prince who is a half-blood," but I really don't know if that's for sure.


Christina