Book Titles (LONG) (Was: Re: HBP - who was the royal?)

[heather the buzzard]

No: HPFGUIDX 130405

heather the buzzard wrote:
>(major snippage)
>The HBP might, therefore, only be a minor part of the plot.  
>Integral, but not momentous, if you would. 

Liane added:
(more major snippage)
>So, what about the Half-Blood Prince?  I don't know who he is, 
>none of us do.  I'm not totally sure that its a person and not a 
>pub somewhere, but looking at the previous titles, I'm sure that 
>whoever the HBP is, the important thing will be the influence 
>that it has on Harry's life. 


heather now:

Thanks, Liane.  That's a great explanation and summation of the 
point I (rather poorly perhaps) was trying to make.  Titles refer 
to objects/people who are plot *initiators*, they are an impetus, 
the beginning force, the starting point from which other things cascade.  But they are not in and of themselves, the most important thing.

So the HBP, whatever it/he is, will be revealed fairly early in the 
book, and it will *lead to something*.  But it will not even necessarily be a major character, if JKR stays true to form.

Myself, I'm now leaning toward a historical figure.  No idea what 
the impetus thusly derived would be, but that's my instinct today.  
Yesterday it was something different... lol...

heather the buzzard