Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (SPOILER THREAD) — Page 3

I think JKR uses "half-blood" as generally meaning a Wizard/Witch with one magical parent and one muggle parent. So, Snape would still fall under the "Half-blood" category, regardless of his mother's specific ancestry. Also - I should go back and find it - do we know that Eileen Prince was a half-blood, herself, or is Hermione just speculating, look, here's a girl named Prince who was a student here, maybe she was a half-blood and this was her potions book? (EDIT: Oops, I see #1Elphie already looked it up.)

I think the room in which JKR would like to spend an hour, the room in which Harry has been but doesn't understand the importance of it yet, is the Prefects' Bathroom, where Cedric lets him work on one of the Triwizard clues in GoF. I think it's Hermione who comments in the new book that, now that Harry is Quidditch Captain, he's allowed to use the Prefects' Bath.

Thanks, Ashley, for reposting the teasers. There seems to be a fair amount of Sirius-related stuff that did NOT happen in Book 6, which therefore must happen in Book 7, which to me reinforces the idea that Regulus Black is "R.A.B."

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Updated On: 7/17/05 at 10:13 PM

I thought this book was excellent, and I think it might be my favorite. I have to let it sink in before I really decide. I had a feeling Dumbledore would die and when they entered the cave, the feeling got stronger. However, I was still devasted when it actually happened. I didn't think he would go like that. Dumbledore's death did not make me cry like Sirius' did, I think because Harry's reactions were different.
I'm dying to know for sure who R.A.B. is.

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This has some interesting and plausible theories, if anyone is interested:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/garlandgraves/3409.html

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Also, does anyone feel that when Harry was trying to attack Snape at the end, Snape was really teaching Harry his final lesson in preparation for an eventual battle with Voldemort? Telling Harry to "keep his mouth shut and his mind closed" seems like he was telling Harry to block out all distractions and use nonspeaking curses.

I know it's a strange thing to forget but, how many books will there be in total? Is it seven? And when is the next book scheduled to come out?

Also, I was just looking back out of curiosity and I noticed that the last names of the two children that Tom Riddle took into the cave both began with the letter B. Coincidence?

"I am wondering if Harry will become a member or perhaps even the leader of the Order"

He's too young to become a leader, but a member certainly. Also, I wonder if the 'pet' that JKR hinted at will be a phoenix for Harry? I'd find it fitting.

OH, and I decided that Regulus Black can't be alive (as I had guessed/hoped in an earlier post) because then Harry wouldn't have gotten the house.

Does anyone else wonder if Harry is Gryphandors (sp?) Heir much like Voldemort is Slytherins? If so, when and how do you think it will come up? Just curious...

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Hopefully! Hermione is sooo underrated in these novels, she only gets mocked and ridicule from everybody else. Ron gets some praise for his Quidditch stuff, and Harry for being Harry, but Hermione is sooo unloved and she is the most accompished and intelligent and mature member of that trio!

I really want Snape to get some love in the next book, too. He has done so much and been given so much sh*t. *Sigh* poor Severus.

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Well, I've finally caught up with you little speed readers, and HOLY CRAP! That was devastating and beautifully written. I didn't see Dumbledore's death coming, but I did pin Snape as the Half-Blood Prince pretty early on. I join so many others in thinking that Snape is still in Dumbledore's service and will ultimately facillitate Harry's meeting with Voldemort.

Then again, I bought into all that "Ron is Voldemort" nonsense that was circulating on the web a few years ago, so what do I know?

Okay, just finished. Wow. Let's see.

I was absolutely convinced that Voldemort was the half-blood prince and I yelled at the characters for being so ignorant. Oh well. Nice twist from Rowling, as I felt the last book missed that.

I too was in complete denial of Dumbledore's death, I was convinced what he was telling Malfoy was what they were doing to him, but then he got buried and i don't know, I can buy that he agreed to die and the more I think about it, the more I think Snape isn't evil. Why would he try to save Harry's life in The Sorcerer's Stone when Quirell was cursing him?

Also agree with wht was said about Dumbledore, he didn't fear death, and just...there's no way. Thanks for you comments, I'm like 97% convinced it was somehow a setup by Dumbledore and Snape. At first I thought it couldn't be b/c it really did seem like Dumbledore was dead but now I think it was set up for him to die. Very interesting.

A tad disappoined they didn't do a bit more with Sirius, though I guess Harry's realization at the end explains it a bit. I bawled after Sirius died, but didn't cry during this one. I think because for a while I was convinced Dumbledore wasn't dead, but then when I accepted it, Harry made the realization and I was like Dumbledore would have wanted things this way so I dunno.

But I liked it much better than the last one. Can't wait for the 7th!

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Glad to see people are picking up on the "Snape isn't evil!" argument.

Fanon!Snape isn't dead, after all!

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"It's very important in the plot that Harry has his mother's eyes, and that her wand was very good for charms." This was discussed in book 6, if he hadn't been soo good he wouldn't have gotten as much attention from Slughorn and he wouldnt have been able to get him to tell him secret had he not had Lilly's eyes.

I finished the book at about 2 this morning, but I have to go so I am not any later than I already am for class.(It started about a minute ago adn I'm still at home. I'm such a slacker!)

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Perselus? You mean Severus?

I agree, I think that Snape was forced to kill Dumbledore by Dumbledore himself. I am torn though, think back to one of Harry and Dumbledore's first "lessons" he said that he considered himself to be "highly intuitive" or something like that, but admitted that when he was wrong he tended to be wrong in a very big way. Don't you think that this could have been a clue about Dumbledore's faith in Snape? That he thought he was right, but in all reality he was wrong, pardon the pun, but dead wrong.

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lmao off seriously?

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