Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

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Now that JK Rowling has officially named her next book who do you think is the half-blood prince?? I initally thought it could possibly be something to do with Neville Longbottom, but have since remembered that both his parents were wizards therefore he is full blood. Anyone any suggestions as to who it could possibly be??

[bratathome]

Did you think about that maybe both his parents had parents that were half blooded so in return so would he.

PS.His grandparents were queen and king

[uber_panda]

maybe it meansthat is this Felix Felicis was a person that he is rather happy

[crazymaniac]

Okay, let us be logical here. It is neither Harry nor Voldemort, so we can officially rule that out. Whoelese in the novel has, for apparently no reason, mentioned that they are from Muggle lineage?

Well, first (and I don't think anyone else here has mentioned him, sorry if you have), theres Seamus. If anyone remembers way back in the first book, Harry overhears him at the Griffindor breakfast table saying "Me dad's a muggle, Mam's a witch. Bit of a nasty shock for him when he found out". So, there's one possibility. After all, while Rowling keeps reminding us that Seamus is there, he doesn't really have a real point to his existance as of yet. Just a thought...

There's also rumors of a new character in the book with the surname 'McClaggan'. Who this person is, or whether they are more than a rumor, however, is uncertain.

We also have been told that parts of HBP were intended for use in the earlier three books. This implies that the HBP could, and is likely to be, a character we have already met, may it be an obvious or remotely known character. WE have seen a trend appearing with Rowling, or introducing tiny clues in previous books which only show their relevance in the next book.

[crazymaniac]

Another possibility. Rowling revealed that there will be relevance of a graveyard nearby to Hogwarts, and that we will meet a new Hufflepuff ghost. Has anyone considered the HBP could possibly be a ghost? At one point, I suspected Moaning Murtle...but 'Prince' implies a male. Possibly Nearly Headless Nick? Maybe a ghost we have yet to meet? The emphasis placed on ghosts and graveyards is definatly there though, but to what extent is it relevant to the title?

Oh, maybe it could be the Bloody Baron. Harry has questioned the Bloody Barons existance several times, and there is a untold story now surrounding him....Who knows, the BB could be the HBP.

Justin Finch-Fletchly....muggle born (he was gonna go to Eton, remember?). Possibility?

And ignoring only those with Wizard and Muggle blood...what about Hagrid?? Part Wizard, part Muggle, part giant!!!

Of course, going off on a more remote limb here, perhaps Sirius, James, Lupin and Peter were not the only unregistered Animagi. Perhaps Mrs Norris, Crookshanks, or one of the many other animals in Harry Potter are an animagus too...biding their time. Who knows.

Finally, there's Neville. He's so similar to Harry in so many ways, and that was only lightly touched upon in the last book. I sense he has a bigger part to play in all of this.

These are just all my general speculations on who it could be. All that is certain that it could not be Harry, Voldemort, any of the Weasleys (although...hm. Mr Weasley is related to Sirius. We know Sirius is pureblood, and it is mentioned the Weasleys are too...yet they have a distant cousin who is a muggle accountant....perhaps there is muggle blood there after all?), none of the Malfoy family, none of the centaurs or other part humans (they have no wizard blood, so no house elves or centaurs im afraid)....oh there are several it couldn't be.



My opinion? Either one of the ghosts, Neville or Seamus.

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i think that the prince is either hagrid or salazaar slytherin, even though he died like forever ago. jk rowling said that the prince has something to do with what harry discovered in the chamber of secrets. she also said that the term "half blood" is very broad so a full blood wizard could also be the prince.

[Jeemm]

I think that the half blooded prince was that harry his father was the full blooded prince of griffendor and that sence his father was the full that makes harry half because his mother (duh) wasnt the prince so thats what i beleive

[iam_natiola]

I've read all HP books, but somehow I can't find any clear information about professor Snape, is it possible that he could be the Half blood prince?

[Avid]

Personally, I think that the HBP is going to be a new character.  One that we have not seen before.  Maybe a new first year in the school.

[Skittlesboy]

I am hanging on the whole Mark Evans theory. We all know that J.K does not write something in her books that is not important, and the fact that Mark Evans was mentioned in the First Chapter tells alot. Also, we HAVE to rule out the whole Voldemort and Harry being the Half-Blood Prince idea out, because remember, Harry has NEVER been the subject of any of the titles...although they involved him, or he had some connection to them, it wasnt him; For example; The Chamber of Secrets; he didnt open it; he wasnt the heir of slytherin...Goblet of Fire; it was an object...Order of the Phoenix; it was a secret group, and Harry couldnt even join because he was underage. The same applies to Voldemort; the only title that actually had something entirely to do with him was Chamber of Secrets. Next, I have a tiny feeling that the Half-Blood Prince might not be a half-blood at all; it could be a Pureblood or "Mudblood" for all we know...there are alot of options; I think if we re-read book 2, 4 and 5 several more times, we're likely to find out our answer...I know I am gonna try my hardest to crack this mystery before the book is published.

[abhishek]

well its hard to guess out who is the half blood prince is....... it would be a character not mentioned anywhere in the first 5 books. jk rowling has an attitude to surpeise us by plotting out something very new and unexpected. so forget about who is he....? what bother me is by far as i have read the reviews no one has looked into possible two great blunders created by the author so far.. as far as i have noticed. i may sound stupid but these two questioned haunts me all the way---1. according to the books no one can either apparate or disapparate from hogwarts, how does dobby- the elf does it in part no2-the chamber of secrets and 2. before the fall of voldemort the dementors were under his influence, it was only after the fall of him they came to ministry of magic. in book 5 aunt petunia mentions she heard about the dementors from james potter then lily and james werent married at all.. hmmm so how could auntpetunia know about the dementors guarding the azkaban when they werent actually guarding the prison.. is she lying-- if so then the half blood prince may be dudley..... who knows...????

[sadiqgoddess]

 I agree with some of the people. It has to be someone we haven't met yet. Also, If JKR herself said it was NOT Harry or Voldemort, than it can't be. Lastly, Will Harry live at the end of the 7th book?

[tpierite]

I agree with Pickle . I do think that the half-blood prince is a new character . I also think that the half-blood prince will play an important role in future Harry Potter books .

[AshGrayFish]

Has anyone thought of Seamus Finnigan?  It's been mentioned here and there that he's half-blood, even in the very first book.

[dude2]

Well if you've read the fith book you would know who. It's clearly Neville Longbottom because it sais he is the other in the lost profisy