Snape as HBP

[laura]

No: HPFGUIDX 125934



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sharon" <sharon8880 at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> Some other posters have hinted that they think there is a 
possibility 
> that Snape is the HBP.  

I like your theory! This is quite a popular thread on the forums 
right now. I don't think the HBP is Snape (though I would *love* it 
if he was). At the moment I think it'll be a new character, but just 
for fun, here're some arguments for Snape being the Half-Blood Prince:

1)JK said ages ago we were going to get some juicy new info on Snape 
in book 6.
2)It would explain why Snape's name didn't leap out at Harry from the 
Black family tree - his 'blood-traitor' family were struck off.
3)JK avoided confirming whether Snape was a pure-blood at the EBF-Why?
4)Snape's an unlikely choice.
5)The potions book on the adult cover *must* have a strong link to 
the title - more significant than Harry sitting Advanced Potions.
6)Like Sharon said, the royalty link could explain why LV let half-
blood Snape join the DEs.

Can anyone add any more? After reading interview transcripts 
yesterday, I'm leaning towards the HBP being a current character 
more...JK said that she's laid her clues so we can't say she sprang 
new info on us (Stephen Fry interview 2003). We may be kicking 
ourselves come July 16th!


> Sharon
> Who stills see HBP as an abbreviation for High Blood Pressure
Me too!

Laura*