book 6 title - what do you think?

[JoAnna Wahlund]

By now, I'm sure you've all heard that JKR has confirmed "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince" (or HFP) as the title of Book 6.

I haven't been following the chatter on the main HPfGU list - too many messages to wade
through - so please forgive me if this is all old hat.

 JKR has already said that it's neither Voldemort nor Harry, so we can rule them out. 
Which begs the question - who is the half-blood prince? Right now, I see a four or five
possibilities.

1. Tom Riddle.  JKR said that VOLDEMORT is not the half-blood prince - yet she said
nothing about Tom Riddle.  And as we all know, with JKR semantics is a big deal.  What
makes me think of this is Dobby's quote at the end of CoS:  "Was giving you a clue, sir. 
  The Dark Lord, before he took his name, could be freely named, you see?"  Harry shrugs
this off as Dobby being strange, but I believe this quote is the "something minor" in CoS
that will play a large role in HBP.  IMO, this quote means that when LV took the name
"Lord Voldemort," Tom Marvolo Riddle ceased to exist for all intents and purposes. 
However, we did see him in CoS in the form of the diary.  And as JKR refuses to comment
further on what might have happened had Riddle managed to escape from the diary (see her
website), I think Tom Riddle may show up again.

2.  Hagrid.  We know he's a half-blood of dubious parentage - we know his father was a
wizard and his mother was a giant, but we don't know much more than that.  Perhaps Hagrid
will somehow be named Prince of the Giants?

3.  Remus Lupin.  JKR has already said he's a half-blood.  How/why he'd be a prince, I'm
not sure.

4.   Mark Evans.  He'll probably factor into the plot significantly, and I'm willing to
bet he's a half-blood.  As for a prince, who knows?  Maybe he's the illegitimate child of
Charles and Camilla. ;-) (KIDDING!  JUST KIDDING!)

5.  An as-of-yet unintroduced character whose name and history we do not know.  Perhaps
teh new DADA teacher?

So, those are my guesses.  Anyone care to comment?

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~JoAnna~ 






		
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