"Prince"? (was Re: Snape as HBP)

[Kate Williams]

No: HPFGUIDX 126143



John:
> The word "prince" can also refer to the "chief" or "greatest" of 
> something. Satan, for instance, is sometimes called "the prince 
> of darkness." 
>
> The way I see it, the term "Half-Blood Prince" pertains to some 
> sort of champion of half-bloods/the half-blood cause. Didn't Voldy 
> refer to DD as a "champion of mudbloods and commoners" (or words 
> to that effect)? Is it just me, or is there some sort of correlation 
> between these descriptions?


Fitzov:
Interesting thought.  I didn't think of the biblical references to 'Price 
of Darkness', or perhaps more fittingly, 'Prince of Peace'.  (I'm not much 
of a Church-goer, but I do vaguely remember this being part of a hymn that 
I used to sing at school).  I don't hold with any theory that the 'Prince' 
is a self-styled, Minister or Chief or even Heir ... but a self-styled 
Champion, maybe. 

Maybe the 'Prince' is the new Champion of the united cause; one that rejects 
the pure-blood claim and wants to promote peace between the pure-blood, half-
blood and 'mud-blood' wizarding ranks.  Dumbledore might be a good contendor 
for this position, although I somehow think that his line is likely to be 
pure-blood. (I don't know why, it just seems fitting). 

Maybe the 'Champion' could be Harry's own father from beyond the grave.  
After all, Potter does not sound like a wizarding name and we know nothing 
about James' ancestry (he does not appear on Sirius' family tree).  Maybe 
this is why James was an important target for LV, and the reason why Harry 
himself is so special.

Thoughts?

Fitzov

p.s.  I would be grateful if some kind person can tell me how to make my pen name appear at the head of my e-mails instead of my real name.  I have played with the profiles until I am blue in the face, but still can't get it to work!  Someday soon my colleagues are going to discover that I have another life and this could be rather hard to explain!   (Answered offlist by an elf.) :-)


Fitzov de Sullens

Sirius "became more and more prone to what Mrs Weasley called 'fits of the sullens', in which he bacame taciturn and grumpy, often withdrawing to Buckbeak's room for hours at a time."