Comments on: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

By: me-here

me-here — Sun, 18 Jul 2004 10:36:35 +0000

Look...you people speculate too much. Honestly, it's only a book & while it's interesting to discuss, I think we'd all benefit by just waiting for the book to be published....

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 15 Jul 2004 16:04:27 +0000

Well, all true HP fans will know that Rowling is the queen of metaphors, twists, turns, and secret meanings. There are loads of 'Half Bloods' in Harry Potter, but I've got a feeling the actual HBP means something more than just being half wizard. The person has got to be a really important character, or Rowling wouldn't have named the entire book after that person. The most important half-blood in Chamber of Secrets is the one, the only, Tom Riddle. I thimk of Tom Riddle as a very different person to the present day Voldemort, so maybe its him. ??????. Am I sure? Of course not. We can never be sure until the next book comes out so pleeeeeeaaaaaase publish it soon!

By: Cindi

Cindi — Mon, 12 Jul 2004 20:44:19 +0000

yeah,i was thinking harry, but jkr sed no, so then i thought neville, but he's pure blood, i just hope she hurries up writing the books

By: Crys

Crys — Sat, 10 Jul 2004 20:52:47 +0000

It could not be tom riddle, JKR said herself that the HBP is NOT Voldemort or Harry. I think that whoever said it could be Dudley was correct. I mean, Lily was a witch, and Petunia was her sister. Therefore, Petunia may have powers as well, which would make Dudley a half-blood.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Thinking "Half-Blood" has to refer to muggles and wizards would be an assumption.

I'm betting the HBP is Hagrid.

By: Alex Knapp

Alex Knapp — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Hagrid is half-giant/half-wizard. There's no monarchy in the wizarding world (that's been made apparent, anyway) and as OOTP clearly shows, giants don't, either.

By: Dodd

Dodd — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

According to some of Rowling's comments on her official site, there are some significant clues in Chamber of Secrets as to who the HPB is and what the final resolution of the story line will be. But it's been five years since I read that one and I'm damned if I can recall the details well enough to figure out what she means. Ah, well, One thing's for sure: I'll have plenty of time to reread all five books between now and when she finishes HPB.

By: Attila Girl

Attila Girl — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I don't think it's been established that there are no hierarchies in the Wizard or Giant worlds. All we know for sure is there are no *ruling* monarchs. Britain, for example, still has a monarch. She does not rule, but she has a ceremonial function and serves as an ambassador to/from a handful of countries.

I get the impression that there is a kind of nobility among wizards (in the sense of a class system, not of being noble in the moral way). The old wizard caste system appears to ape the British one, as a matter of fact--which is appropriate.

By: Attila Girl

Attila Girl — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I meant "no monarchies," of course. Not "no hierarchies." If the term "half blood" does *not* refer to wizard vs. muggle blood, but rather to royal vs. standard-issue wizard blood, I'd be tempted to think it was Neville. I suspect he's going to blossom at some point in the story and become very important in some way.

By: jen

jen — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

James, I love that you are inadvertently hosting a conversation for HP nerds when you haven't read the books yourself. Too funny...

By: Jennifer King

Jennifer King — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Lockhart is the HBP now that he has lost his memory he wont be much use eh?

By: bhuobh

bhuobh — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

vgyi

By: magical me

magical me — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

i think the name for the 6th book sux compared to the rest

By: Kaddie

Kaddie — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Half Blood would refer to someone who has a muggle and magical parent. I would probably say Seamus Finnigan, though Hagrid would be my second choice. I can't think of any other half bloods important enough to the story line to be the object of the book's title. Maybe it is someone new though. Lockhart would also be a good guess since JKR did mention the second book may give us clues to who the "prince" is... I'll have to re-read is again...

By: ROSSLARE

ROSSLARE — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

ST.MICHAELS FOR EVER