Who do people think HBP Is?/ Hagrid a Halfling.

[jlv230]

No: HPFGUIDX 131256

> Chys:
> Not to make an arse of myself, but isn't it more appropriate, if 
> indeed the HBP was Hagrid, to call him and/or /the title of book 
> 6/ 'The Halfling Prince', rather than half-blood, since he's not 
> really half-blood that way, if he's more of a halfling?

My apologies, Chys. I seem to have a lot of opinions today. I do see 
your point, but I can't actually recall JKR calling anything a 
halfling. I remember Umbridge ranting about 'half-breeds' and 
similar, but that was clearly an impolite way of describing them - as 
sub-human and not worthy of equal treatment or respect.

*If* (big if - my memory is terrible) JKR has not used the 
term 'halfling' so far then it doesn't stand to reason that she would 
describe Hagrid as one. I may. of course, be swiftly pointed to a 
passage where something is described as a halfling, in which case 
I'll have a big helping of humble pie (with extra gravy).

But even if she has used the term, it still doesn't follow that she 
would never describe what you call a 'halfling' as half-blood. In 
fact, it seems to me that the term halfling actually misses out the 
half-WIZARD part. Any half-blood definitely has one wizard parent and 
one parent who is not seen as pure wizard (be they non wizard or, 
like Lily, a muggle-born wizard). Analogously, a halfling would be 
one who has one /human/ parent and one parent who is not seen as pure 
human. As far as I can see, the terms needn't be mutually exclusive.

Furthermore, I know there is established fantasy vocabulary out 
there, but from what I have seen, JKR doesn't really subscribe to 
much of it: she makes things her own - makes up her own words and 
definitions when things depart from reality. She can call everything 
what she darn well likes.

In conclusion, I still have no idea who the HBP is. The only pople I 
can rule out are the pure-blood characters - like Neville, James or 
Sirius.

Still, it's all JMO anyway,
JLV xx