Half-Blood Prince! Half-Blood Prince!

***IronParrot*** · 06-29-2004, 03:34 PM

It's official:

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/MT...es/004853.html
http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/news_view.cfm?id=77

And it's not Voldemort...

Goldberry1 · 06-29-2004, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by IronParrot
And it's not Voldemort...

... or Harry, for that matter. an interesting title nonetheless, and i'm sure it's going to be nothing but speculation from now until the release of who it actually is.

BeardofPants · 06-29-2004, 08:01 PM

I bet it's Dudley.

Lady Ravyn · 06-29-2004, 11:14 PM

nah i think it might be neville 'cause of all the things dumbldore said about him and harry in the last few chapters of the fifth book
now that i think of it though, what would neville be a half blood of?

grr! i wish she'd just release the book already!

Gulio, Strength of Many · 06-30-2004, 02:48 AM

*Imagines Neville dressed up all royally*

That would rock if it was him. GO NEVILLE!

But wasn't Voldy half-Muggle? Or am I mixed up again?

BeardofPants · 06-30-2004, 03:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gulio, Strength of Many
But wasn't Voldy half-Muggle? Or am I mixed up again?

Yup, but JKR's specified that HBP refers neither to Harry or Voldemort.

sun-star · 06-30-2004, 03:33 AM

Mark Evans.

Elf Girl · 06-30-2004, 10:27 AM

My first thought was Neville, I bet it's him.

I also think it's a terrible title, but I can't say why and I suppose I'll get used to it.

parker1cincy · 06-30-2004, 12:57 PM

I also though of Neville as well. However, the book is the half blood prince. Is Neville pure blood?

sun-star · 06-30-2004, 01:40 PM

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Originally posted by Elf Girl
I also think it's a terrible title, but I can't say why and I suppose I'll get used to it.

I don't like it much either. What's the "Prince" part about? We've never seen any literal royalty in the Harry Potter world, and if it's metaphorical it's rather a cliche.

But I'm sure the book itself will make up for the title.

Elfmaster XK · 06-30-2004, 02:54 PM

I think it's going to be talking about Salazar Slytherin, for several reasons.

I know, how unlikely it seems, and I am probably wrong, but I can just see JKR doing something like that. I mean, Voldy is obsessed with pure-bloods and he's only half blood. JKR said this book is closely connected to CoS, and that was all about Slytherin and his wanting to purify the school. The sorting hat threatened that history would repeat itself, and Voldy is attempting to do the same thing. I don't think the Half-blood prince will be anyone who is alive and in the book; I'm not sure why. But yeah, that's my unique and crazy little theory.

Neville isn't half-blood. Dudley (lol BoP

) has muggle parents so far as we know, but what a comical image that is!

BeardofPants · 06-30-2004, 02:58 PM

Half blood Piggie prince.

sirigorn · 06-30-2004, 09:42 PM

The Half Blood Prince... my first immpression was "I don't like it"
I don't think it's literal...but it is really cliched, isn't it? But hey, it could be!

~Siri~

Lizra · 06-30-2004, 10:22 PM

I just don't know if there's room for "wizarding royalty" in my brain!

There's so much going on in the Potter books already, and now...Royalty!

I think if I do a HP brain purge, there might be room though. Hmmm, what to purge!

cee2lee2 · 06-30-2004, 10:45 PM

Lizra, use a pensieve and you can always get the HP material back when you want it.

Lizra · 07-01-2004, 01:11 AM

Ha ha!

I don't think I trust those little bowls....

BeardofPants · 07-01-2004, 01:38 AM

Incidentally, has any one found all of the "hidden" things on the JKR site? I've found four, and I was wondering if that was all of them. I'll posts pics once I've loaded them on my server. (They are: typed manuscript, early page, doodlings, and ancient drawings.)

BeardofPants · 07-01-2004, 02:12 AM

Okay, the linkage as follows:

The Scrapbook

This is viewable on the top edge of the page, slightly hidden, near the keyboard. It's where all your certificates go when you find the "hidden" items. One certificate was garnered by entering a certain number into the cell-phone, one by 'capturing' certain ingredients, one by opening a locked box, and one by inserting medals into frames in the trophy area. Completing these tasks "unlock" certificates, which have "prizes". I have linked to these below:

The Typed Manuscript

The first typed manuscript of Philosopher's Stone - on a manuel typewriter, which had to be retyped every time a paragraph was changed, and had to be retyped anyway, because it was in the wrong spacing (not double spaced).

The Doodlings

A page of doodlings from which the Sorting Hat emerged. The top part of the page considers all the possible ways of "sorting" people... a panel of ghosts or prefects, a magical gateway through which each person would have to pass, etc. JK also thought of drawing names out of a hat, which became the sorting hat, and on the bottom right corner you see the first drawing, with the first four lines of its first ever song.

The Drawings

This very old drawing comes from "The Midnight Duel" chapter of Philosophers Stone. Dean originally joined Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville. Dean was called "Gary" back then.

The Early Page

Very early page of Philosopher's Stone written around 1991, and showing plot-line that was abandoned.

Lizra · 07-01-2004, 07:56 AM

Cool! Thanks!

Gulio, Strength of Many · 07-02-2004, 01:58 PM

Oooh! What if 'half-blood' isn't nessacarily referring to half-muggle, half-wizard? Perhaps it's Hagrid, or good ole Remus! (I know, rather wacked-out theory, but that's what I do

) And what's Dumbledore's parentage?

06-29-2004, 03:34 PM	#1
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06-29-2004, 08:01 PM	#3
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	I bet it's Dudley. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

06-29-2004, 11:14 PM	#4
Lady Ravyn Thief Queen of Entmoot Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: oh, I just wander around, aimlessly... Posts: 1,060	nah i think it might be neville 'cause of all the things dumbldore said about him and harry in the last few chapters of the fifth book now that i think of it though, what would neville be a half blood of? grr! i wish she'd just release the book already! __________________ smooch Proud Member of the Evil Mooters and upstanding citizen of the Planet Bob! And all you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be... My Space! Cynicism is what happens when a person opens their eyes; stops blinking in the sun, and starts wondering "why". Question everything, believe only that which you yourself deem true. Go ahead- Call me cynical. Last edited by Lady Ravyn : 06-29-2004 at 11:17 PM.

06-30-2004, 02:48 AM	#5
Gulio, Strength of Many Lover of all things orange and cheesy Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: On a smokestack eating my the chekt. Posts: 1,045	Imagines Neville dressed up all royally That would rock if it was him. GO NEVILLE! But wasn't Voldy half-Muggle? Or am I mixed up again? __________________ El Poco Diablo is watching you... It was like the Manifest Destiny all over again, except, instead of taking and consuming everything in their paths for God, they did so with the same fervor and sense of entitlement for their new god... themselves. If you want to know more about Jesus, have a prayer need, or want to talk about anything, PM me.

06-30-2004, 03:33 AM	#7
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Mark Evans. __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

06-30-2004, 10:27 AM	#8
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	My first thought was Neville, I bet it's him. I also think it's a terrible title, but I can't say why and I suppose I'll get used to it. __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

06-30-2004, 12:57 PM	#9
parker1cincy Sapling Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 9	I also though of Neville as well. However, the book is the half blood prince. Is Neville pure blood?

06-30-2004, 02:54 PM	#11
Elfmaster XK Possessive Villain Fancier Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: On my ship, riding the waves YARR! Posts: 2,008	I think it's going to be talking about Salazar Slytherin, for several reasons. I know, how unlikely it seems, and I am probably wrong, but I can just see JKR doing something like that. I mean, Voldy is obsessed with pure-bloods and he's only half blood. JKR said this book is closely connected to CoS, and that was all about Slytherin and his wanting to purify the school. The sorting hat threatened that history would repeat itself, and Voldy is attempting to do the same thing. I don't think the Half-blood prince will be anyone who is alive and in the book; I'm not sure why. But yeah, that's my unique and crazy little theory. Neville isn't half-blood. Dudley (lol BoP ) has muggle parents so far as we know, but what a comical image that is! __________________ My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies, Fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die, I can fly - my friends. XK

06-30-2004, 02:58 PM	#12
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Half blood Piggie prince. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

06-30-2004, 09:42 PM	#13
sirigorn Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: who wants to know? looks around suspiciously Posts: 497	The Half Blood Prince... my first immpression was "I don't like it" I don't think it's literal...but it is really cliched, isn't it? But hey, it could be! ~Siri~ __________________ Gimli: It was already dead Legolas: It was twitching! Gimli: It was twitching...because it's got my axe embeded in it's nervous system!! -Two Towers extended DVD I'm wearing black for Black. Well, then, I confess, it is my intention to commandeer one of these ships, pick up a crew in Tortuga, raid, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weasely black guts out!~Captain Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean

06-30-2004, 10:22 PM	#14
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	I just don't know if there's room for "wizarding royalty" in my brain! There's so much going on in the Potter books already, and now...Royalty! I think if I do a HP brain purge, there might be room though. Hmmm, what to purge!

06-30-2004, 10:45 PM	#15
cee2lee2 Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: 2nd star to the left..... Posts: 566	Lizra, use a pensieve and you can always get the HP material back when you want it.

07-01-2004, 01:11 AM	#16
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	Ha ha! I don't think I trust those little bowls....

07-01-2004, 01:38 AM	#17
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Incidentally, has any one found all of the "hidden" things on the JKR site? I've found four, and I was wondering if that was all of them. I'll posts pics once I've loaded them on my server. (They are: typed manuscript, early page, doodlings, and ancient drawings.) __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

07-01-2004, 02:12 AM	#18
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Okay, the linkage as follows: The Scrapbook This is viewable on the top edge of the page, slightly hidden, near the keyboard. It's where all your certificates go when you find the "hidden" items. One certificate was garnered by entering a certain number into the cell-phone, one by 'capturing' certain ingredients, one by opening a locked box, and one by inserting medals into frames in the trophy area. Completing these tasks "unlock" certificates, which have "prizes". I have linked to these below: The Typed Manuscript The first typed manuscript of Philosopher's Stone - on a manuel typewriter, which had to be retyped every time a paragraph was changed, and had to be retyped anyway, because it was in the wrong spacing (not double spaced). The Doodlings A page of doodlings from which the Sorting Hat emerged. The top part of the page considers all the possible ways of "sorting" people... a panel of ghosts or prefects, a magical gateway through which each person would have to pass, etc. JK also thought of drawing names out of a hat, which became the sorting hat, and on the bottom right corner you see the first drawing, with the first four lines of its first ever song. The Drawings This very old drawing comes from "The Midnight Duel" chapter of Philosophers Stone. Dean originally joined Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville. Dean was called "Gary" back then. The Early Page Very early page of Philosopher's Stone written around 1991, and showing plot-line that was abandoned. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords Last edited by BeardofPants : 07-01-2004 at 02:50 AM.

07-01-2004, 07:56 AM	#19
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	Cool! Thanks!

07-02-2004, 01:58 PM	#20
Gulio, Strength of Many Lover of all things orange and cheesy Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: On a smokestack eating my the chekt. Posts: 1,045	Oooh! What if 'half-blood' isn't nessacarily referring to half-muggle, half-wizard? Perhaps it's Hagrid, or good ole Remus! (I know, rather wacked-out theory, but that's what I do ) And what's Dumbledore's parentage? __________________ El Poco Diablo is watching you... It was like the Manifest Destiny all over again, except, instead of taking and consuming everything in their paths for God, they did so with the same fervor and sense of entitlement for their new god... themselves. If you want to know more about Jesus, have a prayer need, or want to talk about anything, PM me.

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