Harry Potter Six
 

So, it has been revealed, the title of book six in the Harry Potter series iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis...

(drum roll)

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

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So now we're all free to speculate and dream over what the book will contain, whoohoo!

Personally, this is my least favorite title yet. I'm sure the book will be as imaginative and wonderful as ever, and the title is intriguing...I just don't like the way it sounds. Eh, sue me.

First off, with regards to who this character could be: (Rowling has stated it is neither Harry nor Voldemort) it would be a complete and utter cop-out to merely create a whole new character for the canon to fill this role. That would be unfair, and climactically and emotionally frivolous towards her fanbase, and I trust her not to do that.

I'm putting my money on either Seamus Finnigan or Dean Thomas. Both are known half-bloods, and Rowling gives us some interesting background information on Dean on her website.

It could also be a well-established adult character who it must revealed is a half-blood...(dum-de-dum-dum-DUMMMM!!!) PLOT-TWIST!!!

Any way we look at it, i'm still stoked for this, how about all of you?

I agree, I mean, there has to have been a better way of putting it. Half Blood Prince? I mean, there never was much beating around the bush about the titles and what the central idea of the story is, but damn. Hmm, Seamus Finnigan or Dean Thomas sound too obvious, because they're "known half-bloods." It needs to be somebody that you know is a pure-blood, like Malfoy, or even Neville Longbottom. It would be pure ownage if Draco Malfoy wasn't a pureblood.

It would also be cool to see that Snape is the half-blood prince... an odd twist.

Personally I lean toward either Neville or Draco.

The Modern Humorist had a great Frequently Asked Questions: Harry Potter, which started with:
:lol:

Hahaha, yeah it would.

My money is going to be Neville. He really started to get more and more involved, especially in the 5th book. I can't wait for it to come out though. I just read all the books a few weeks ago, and am angry I have to wait for the rest =)

I like the title! That is a pretty damned good question as to who the Half Blood Prince is. I'm sure she won't cop out and bring up a new character, but I really have no idea who else it could be. My guess is a character that wasn't thought to be a half-blood but really is (I.E. Draco). My girlfriend has a REALLY good theory: she's talking about Tom Riddle. Tom Riddle could be a half-blood, and he's a major character in the books by another name (Voldemort, of course). JK Rowling is known to be tricky, and that'd fit the bill perfectly for her style. She didn't say Tom Riddle wasn't the Half Blood Prince...she said Voldemort wasn't.


*EDIT*

My girlfriend just pointed out that Tom Riddle's dad is a mudblood, stated quite a few times in Chamber of Secrets. Whoops, I think we just found out who the Half Blood Prince is!

-Lasereth

Yeah, but Tom Riddle killed his father. I believe that his death is recalled early on in GoF. It's been a damn while since I read that though, seeing as how some ass stole my book, and I'm not willing to get a hardback copy for $25. :)

His dad doesn't have anything to do with it! Think about it: if Tom Riddle's dad was a mudblood, then that makes Tom a Half Blood. Bingo! He may have killed his dad, but ya can't erase heritage!

-Lasereth

Well, it's already been established that Voldemort isn't a pure blood, and since it's also been established that Tom Riddle = Voldemort... who knows though.

We already know Tom Riddle/Voldemort is a half-blood, Lasereth.
She mentions it in at least two books.
Rowling said it wasn't HP or Voldemort, and I doubt she would have another Tom Riddle from the past show up, since she has already used that plot devise in CoS. :)

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I like this quote from there, red. :D
(they're talking about the ever lengthening sizes of JKR's books)
I'm thinking the title has to do with Hagrid.

Or maybe its Hagrid! Wouldn't that be a riot.

EDIT: I SO wrote that before hitting refresh to see Fremen's post :P

Im reading #5, Oder of the Phoenix right now....and I must say getting more pissed off with every page lol its so depressing so far...I had a point...what was it....OH Malfoy....I would LOVE to find out that slimy walking bottle of peroxide isnt a pure blood...that would make book 5 worth all the anger lol

Hmmm maybe I should read these books see what all the hype is about :D

--jaded

Owned. I didn't read your post properly. I thought you were claiming Tom Riddle's father was the Half-Blood Prince. But, if Tom Riddle is the Half-Blood Prince, isn't he still dead? And I don't mean Lord Voldemort, I mean, Tom "Hey I live in a diary, but Harry Potter stabbed through it with the Basilisk's tooth, and so I supposedly died" Riddle.

On a different note, for the ending confrontation of the movie representation of Order Of The Phoenix, I'd like to see Potter beat the e'er-living shit out of Malfoy's gang, Matrix-Reloaded-opening-fight-scene-with-the-three-agents-style. That'd fucking awesome. Harry walks through a door and he's like "hiya fellaz." Then, just mix in the from The Matrix Reloaded (just that part) and the book (just the fight scene) and bam! you have a fucking awesome scene.

No need to bring a Tom Riddle back from the past! We're all going on what JK Rowling clearly stated: it's not Voldemort, and it's not Harry Potter. Voldemort IS Tom Riddle and vice versa. Rowling did not say that it wasn't Tom Riddle, and if anyone has read Rowling's interviews, she's *very* tricky about her wording on future events concerning her books. Tom Riddle is a half-blood, as stated in the novels. I still think it's a damn likely possibility! It'd be a hell of a lot more interesting than Hagrid. :)

-Lasereth

Hey, what about the LAST word of the title? What does she mean by Prince? In each book, there is more and more of the world revealed; for instance, the existance of other wizarding schools.

For wizard governance, we've seen that there are ministries, but I don't recall anything about a king/queen/etc. A couple of possibilities: (1) there is a royal family, and we'll find out about them; (2) there used to be a royal family, and someone will return to try to get the throne.

I don't think the "half-blood prince" is anyone we've met yet.

No, it's gotta be somebody we know, just somebody's past we never knew about. I'm still back 1)Neville Longbottom, 2)Dean Thomas, 3)Seamus Finnigan, 4) Draco Malfoy (just because of the mega-pwnage factor :)).

i think in order of likelihood the half-blood prince will be:

1. Neville Longbottom
2. Hagrid... dunno
3. Draco Malfoy

also, I loved this quote from that Q&A thing

That's where my money is.

It's Hagrid, Half-Blood Prince of the Giants.

I was thinking the same thing. I could see Hagrid regaining some of his senses, after his fling with the Headmaster from that other school. I wouldn't be surprised if he returned to his Giant roots and managed to earn the loyalty of the Giants in the war against Voldemort.

Of course, it very well needn't be something that is bad, i guess, like, that a character needed it kept secret, it could simply be a new character who is very crucial to the plot, as my friends pointed out to me. and thusly, it would be okay to introduce a new character, I think, because the emotional shock value wouldn't be as cool/important.

But if it is something bad, such as it necesitated the need to be kept secret, then i sort of feel it's a bit of a cop out.

i dunno maybe its someone thats related to another character, i was thinking maybe an old character would return like krum, or a relative of fluer

The "Half Blood Prince" was one of the original titles for CoS though.

so the 'prince' part could mean he's related to godric gryffindor?

I like this idea, but for some reason am hung up on Justin Finch-Fletchley. Supposedly there is a major clue in book 2... he's the other half-blood petrified by the basilisk, and remaiins in DA. So yeah...
(in no particular order)
Dean Tomas
Seamus Finnigan
Justin Finch-Fletchley
Hagrid

Here's a small excerpt from a Q&A session with J K Rowling at a book festival in Scotland.
The link is to her website and has the full transcript.
http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/news_view.cfm?id=80

Sunday 15 August 2004

J K Rowling at the Edinburgh Book Festival
Pretty interesting read.
I'm gonna have think about this info for awhile...

:thumbsup:

damn, I have a pretty good hunch on what that stuff Fremen posted means.......I hope I didn't guess it already

Harry and Voldemort's fates are intertwined? If Voldemort dies then Harry will too?

That seems to be the general idea, Mr.D. I think that was what was being hinted at in the end of Book 5, but Harry was too dense to get it.

I don't care what the title is. I'm more interested in what's in between the front and back covers :p

yep. "why didn't voldemort die?" because harry lived!

why didn't dumbledore mega-pwn voldemort? because harry would die along with him


but, that wasy too easy. rowling said it probably wouldn't be guessed easily. hmm. maybe we are just <b>that damn good.</b>

Yeah plus it's an old theory, heck, even Daniel Radcliffe mentioned it in an interview when asked how he'd like to see the saga conclude.
Amen.

I'm at book 4.. Looking forward to all the ones I haven't read yet.

I imagine it will be another year till the book comes out, and nearly two till the next movie comes out.

They've already started filming Goblet of Fire, some set pics are available over at www.comingsoon.net

They've been filming for a while now, Mr.D. ;-)
 

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Well done Charlatan