who is the HBP?

[Hannah]

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Virgivilla wrote:
> Sorry for my English. I'm from Venezuela.
> 
> Im been reading your posts but I cant find anything about who you 
> think is the half blood prince... excuse me if you have already 
talk  about this, but I would like to know what other HP fans thinks 
about  this.
> I think the half blood prince is Godric Griffindor, but every one 
I  have told this thinks Im crazy. I think this because JKR says 
that  the second book and the 6th are related so I think a character 
of  book 2 must be the HBP, but JKR says that it is not Harry, non  
Voldemort or Hagrid or Neville. I also think the  griffindor sword 
> that Harry uses to defeat the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets 
is  the kind of sword a prince would have. I would like to know 
your  opinion because obviously you all know a lot more of HP than 
me.


Hannah:  Welcome, Virgivilla - your English is very good, a whole 
lot better than my (non-existant) Venezuelan!  We've discussed the 
identity of the half-blood prince a lot, but finding posts here can 
be very difficult, so I don't see why we shouldn't start discussing 
it again :-)

Your Godric Gryffindor idea isn't crazy at all, I think you'll find 
a lot of people agree with you.  I hadn't read that JKR has said the 
prince won't be Hagrid - it can't be Neville as he's a pureblood.  I 
personally think it will be Colin Creevey.  I believe Colin will 
turn out to be a half blood for the following reasons:

1.  We never hear any reference to his Mum.  He seems to come from a 
close knit family, and talks a lot about his Dad, but never his 
Mum.  This suggests to me that she is dead/ has left them.  Thus she 
could well have been a witch without the boys and their father 
knowing.  Or she may have been a squib, or had a magical/ squib 
parent.

2. Both Colin and Dennis are wizards.  Given that Muggle-born 
wizards are rare (compared to Muggle-born Muggles), to have two in 
one family without any magical members somewhere, strikes me as 
suspicious.  We know of at least two Muggle-borns who had a non-
magical sibling (Lily and Hermione - Hermione's Muggle sister is 
referred to by JKR in interview).  

3. Colin is an inobvious choice, and I think JKR is likely to go for 
someone unexpected.  He and Dennis also get a lot of mentions in all 
of the books, even where it's not really necessary for the plot.  
This suggests to me that JKR wants us to be aware of their presence 
for future plot reasons.

Anyway, that's what I think.

Hannah