Title of Next Harry Potter Book Announced!

[Chairman Kaga]

http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=162719

Yep, it appears that the title of the next Harry Potter book will be Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince...interesting, eh? I sure hope it doesn't take three years to be out like it did when Order of the Phoenix was announced -_-;;

[kill.harp]

I bet it's about how Hermoine has his baby and he's royalty. Or something.

[oni flygon]

Cool! Next title announced?

Hermione having a baby? O_o I don't think so... must be something about ...royalty in the wizard world and the fact that the prince is a mudblood...or something...or...it might be pertaining to Lord Voldemort himself...

[Flaming Torchic]

I bet it's about how Hermoine has his baby and he's royalty. Or something.

I highly doubt that, since the chances of them all being adults by the next book is EXTREMELY low.

The Half Blood Prince eh? Well, this certainly sounds intriguing. oO; This title is definitely more mind-boggling then The Order of The Pheonix, as it atleast gave more of a hint of what it is about (yes, I do realize that it probably will involve a half-blooded prince, but to what this princes purpose, and who he may be, is still a mystery).

Also, I doubt this one will take as long, since if she keeps going at this pace, the HP movie series will eventually have to take a 3 year break, and no one wants to wait THAT long.

[lil' jose]

awsome! I love Hp. can't wait for year 6! BTW kaga, do you know when it comes out?

[Koroku]

O.o

I read it on The Leaky Cauldron (http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/) and got this quote straight from JKR.But as a little bonus, and compensation for having been messed around by Mr. or Ms. Storgé, I shall tell you one thing without making you shift any bricks at all: the HBP is neither Harry nor Voldemort. And that's all I'm saying on THAT subject until the book's published.

So something tells me there is a new person. And it's a prince. o_O

[asher_son_of_ash]

Maybe the prince is Arthur Weasley? O_o; After Dumbledore, Arthur is the muggle-born king. Anyway, that name is crazy. o_o;

[Koroku]

The Weasley clan are referred to as the "bad type of purebloods", so I doubt that Arthur fits the description of "Half Blood" Prince. o_O

[Flaming Torchic]

The Weasley clan are referred to as the "bad type of purebloods", so I doubt that Arthur fits the description of "Half Blood" Prince. o_O

Hmm... do you think that it could be someone brought back from the dead? I know this sounds odd, but that "Half-blood" part of the title has got to mean something. Maybe he only has half of his blood, and needs some sort of other substance to keep him alive as well. x_o

EDIT: I thought of a MUCH better possibility.

I think that when they say "half-blood" they mean that the prince is half muggle and half magic. In the next book, perhaps Harry, Ron, and Hermione, go searching to find out who the half-blood prince is. I can't believe I didn't think of this. Oo;;

[Koroku]

Yeah, I think that's what people are talking about, half-blood as in half muggle, half witchard.

Colin & Seamus are possibilities, as they are both half-bloods. And since JKR has mentioned that there are hints about the 6th book hidden in CoS, I'm thinking Colin just because that's when he showed up.

And for some reason, the idea that Draco Malfoy may be the prince is floating around. o_O

[Chairman Kaga]

I think that "half-blood prince" rules out all purebloods, so that means the Weasleys and Malfoys are out, but I would still guess that it's someone at Hogwarts...at least I hope it would be someone there. I wish I could speculate more, but only having the title doesn't provide much information...

[Red_Lugia9090]

Hmmm... 'Half blooded prince'? At first I thought it WAS Voldemort, but it can be Colin Creevey too.

Draco Malfoy? NO WAY!!!

[Charmander's Flame]

Ja, that is up for speculation. It defenetly has to be someone at Hogwarts thats a "mud-blood" because pure-blooded wizards are obviously ruled out.

[Ryoutarou]

This seems cool....that would be strange if hermonie had a kid...as a teen...

According to Rowling, this was originally going to be the title of "Chamber of Secrets," but when she went with Chamber, she knew this would be the title for Book 6... apparently there are ties between this book & Chamber... gonna have to go back and re-read Chamber, paying very close attention...

Now if J.K. can get this out for next summer...


Or before Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson graduate college...

[Koroku]

It's not a mudblood either, because mudbloods have no magical heritage, like Hermione.

So it has to be someone that has one magical parent and one muggle parent. ;;>>


*holds up fist* JKR, you better hury with this one!

[Rift]

It says the paperback version of HBP will come out August 10!!!!!!! did anyone read the entire page? cause thats what it said! *is very happy he dont have to wait another 3 years*

[Pokedragonfire]

Yah, I read that too. And I just saw the third movie yesterday (late huh?) We'll I did want to avoid the crowd if I went and saw it on the first day.

[TRIFORCE89]

It says the paperback version of HBP will come out August 10!!!!!!! did anyone read the entire page? cause thats what it said! *is very happy he dont have to wait another 3 years*
...I think that was referring to Order of the Phoenix.

[IceKitten]

I hope it's quite long, I read number 5 in 2 days!!!

=P

[Koroku]

It can't be HBP. o.o; Has to be OOTP. ;;>>


And I read OOTP in a matter of 11 hours.

[TRIFORCE89]

I honestly have no idea how long any of the books to for me to read. I read in a very strange way. I read only one chapter a day. It doesn't matter if it only took like 5 min, I won't move on until the next day.

[Chairman Kaga]

Well...mudbloods have to have at least a little wizard dna in them. Mudblood, I would think, would be defined as someone who has muggle dna in them, but not a person who is magical but born to pureblood muggles...

[Koroku]

A Mudblood is someone who has both muggle parents
A Half-blood is someone who has both muggle and witchard parents.
A Pureblood is someone who has both magical parents
A Squib is someone that has both magical parents but has no magic power of their own

=/

[Chairman Kaga]

Well I was considering genetics more than immediate family, though, but you're right in that sense.

[Koroku]

There hasn't been any mentioning that a Mudblood would have any magic in their family past though. =/

[asher_son_of_ash]

? O_o; You forgot the HP. He's a half blood. -Lily is a muggleborn, James is pureblood- But I can't think of HP and the HP. =P Another possiblity would be ... Voldemort. He was a halfblood too...

[Chairman Kaga]

Oh, but I think I read somewhere earlier in the topic that Rowling said that the HBP is neither Harry nor Voldemort.

[Skye]

I wonder if the half-blood prince is Neville? I can't remember if he is half-blood or not...someone correct me if I'm wrong please...:)

Or maybe....maybe it's Malfoy! Maybe it's a long kept secret that his mother is half blooded or something! Wouldn't that be a crazy twist??

Or....better yet...what if it's Snape?? O_o

[Koroku]

Snape I could see...

Malfoy and Neville are both pure bloods.

And the HBP is neither Harry nor Voldie.

[Skye]

Snape I could see...

Malfoy and Neville are both pure bloods.

And the HBP is neither Harry nor Voldie.


It couldn't be either Harry or Voldermort....someone put up a quote from JKR that said so...

Who could it be?? I'm going to have to read the Chamber of Secrets again to see if I can find any possible ties...

[Chairman Kaga]

Uhh...IDEA! It never mentioned that the half-blood needed to be wizard blood, it's just blood! I'm thinking it might be Hagrid since he's half giant and half human!

[~Ozy~]

Wow...Never thought of that. Right now though, I'm leaning towards Justin Finch-Fletchly. Hufflepuff has alwas been underepresented in the books (and it'd be rather like Rowling to pull something like a pole shift of House representation), he was introduced in CoS, He was (as I recall, I'll have to check) a member of the DA, meaning he's roughly on the good side, which I suppose would be a rather important aspect, and he's a confirmed half-blood (again, as I remember). I don't think it could possibly be Colin, as he's full Muggle born.

[Skye]

Wow...Never thought of that. Right now though, I'm leaning towards Justin Finch-Fletchly. Hufflepuff has alwas been underepresented in the books (and it'd be rather like Rowling to pull something like a pole shift of House representation), he was introduced in CoS, He was (as I recall, I'll have to check) a member of the DA, meaning he's roughly on the good side, which I suppose would be a rather important aspect, and he's a confirmed half-blood (again, as I remember). I don't think it could possibly be Colin, as he's full Muggle born.


Ooooh....good point...I'm gonna have to read CoS again and see what I can find...haven't gotten around to it yet...

[Koroku]

Most people are assuming it's half wizarding blood for the simple fact that's what the term "Half-blood" is used the most forum.

Justin I could see... and he was attacked by the basilisk (sp?) so he did have a role in CoS... I could see him. But I'm still going for Colin myself. :P

[~Ozy~]

But Colin isn't half-blood, he's full Muggle-born.

[Chairman Kaga]

Come to think of it, Hagrid's father was a wizard, right? So technically he would count as a half-blood since he's half wizard...

[Koroku]

Colin is a muggleborn? I could've swore he was half-blood...

And yeah, Hagrid's dad was a wizard... I had forgotten about that. o.o;

[asher_son_of_ash]

Ow. Pink font hurts. >.<; Anyway, you got a point of Hagrid being the Prince of half-bloods. But it's too easy to spot. And knowing JKR, she'd picked the only character way far to spot.

Maybe it's a new character? O_o;

[ravenstorture]

It has to be a new character. Colin and Justin were both attacked by the basilisk in CoS right? Well that means that they were mudbloods because the basilisk was only attacking mudbloods(like Hermione) so they are out of the picture. Maybe it is Hagrid, but I highly doubt it. It would be too obvious. I can't think right now...Grrrr!

[~Ozy~]

I'm sure that Justin is half-blood. If you'll remember, in book 2, he says "But since I mader her (his mum) read Lockhart's books, I thinks she's seen how useful it'll be to have a fully trained wizard in the family.[sic]" That implies that his parents had some knoweldge of the wizarding world before he recieved his letter, so at least one of them (probably his dad) is a wizard or Squib, making him half-blood.

Anyway, your point about only Muggle-borns beinmg attacked is moot, as Riddle hated anyonw with Muggle blood in them, so naturally half-bloods would be on his list. I stand by my theory.

Anyway, JKaizer, Colin is Muggle-born, yes. Although we don't know anything about his mother, there is this: When first he talks to Harry, he says. "...No one in my family's magic, so it was a shock when I got my letter. My dad's a milkman...[sic]"

[Pokedragonfire]

Instead of coming up with these crazy theroies, I'm just going to wait for the book and read it. Yep, sounds much more fun to meh :P

[ravenstorture]

Hehehe...Sorry about that. Like I said, I can't think right now and I haven't read CoS in a few years. Well now I have no idea who the Prince could be. It will most likely end up being someone that no one guesses and we are all surprised and shocked.

[Koroku]

Yeah, we won't know until it comes out...>>;;

Hopefully it'll come out quicker than OotP did...

[ravenstorture]

Hopefully it'll come out quicker than OotP did...
If it doesn't then I will most likely have a heart attack.

[~Ozy~]

Instead of coming up with these crazy theroies, I'm just going to wait for the book and read it. Yep, sounds much more fun to meh.

Well, suit yourself. Half the fun for me is creating my own theories about what happens. Helps pass the time, you see.

As for the release date, I'm guessing summer 2005 0r winter 04. I believe she has the manuscripts for all seven books done, so now it's just a matter of getting the final few edits done, getting a sufficient number printed, getting cover art done and letting the hype build through carefully controlled media announcements.

[jokestr2004]

Half Blood Prince... weird... but good. Its twisted though because right when GoF was new, I read that the 5th book was Order of the Phoenix... (which it really was :P ) but the site said that the 6th one was called "Harry Potter and The Green Flame Torch" but I guess thats old and this is recent so.... yes.

[UmbreonsShadow]

Oo, that would be cool if it was talking about Hagrid! What if his brother was a prince of something, and the giants needed Hagrid instead? Prince of the Giants! Muahahaaa!! That would be kinda hard to imagine.
But, I think it could be Seamus too. That is, if it was a person we've already heard about. ^__^
If it's a new person, then maybe it is someone from the other magic school where Fleur (I think her name is) is from? I can't remember where that school is.. I need to read GOF again. ^^;

[~Ozy~]

Fleur comes from Beauxbatons Academy of Magic.

[MysticGrandpaGohan]

What? There's another book already?
Hmm...1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 6. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince... wow..."speechless" I haven't even read the third one yet and another book comes out...

~MysticGrandpaGohan~

[~*Silent Tattsu*~]

*Gasp* =O I can't belive i haven't replied to this thread yet! My Fangirlism is ashamed! *lol* ;p

Anyway.... I'm soooooo exited!! *Jumps around* I honestly can't wait!
There has been alot of contreversy in the HP communitys/Sites, because firstly there was the huge hoax about the title of the next book which happened a few days ago. A rumour got passed round that the 6th book title was "Harry Potter And The Pillar Of Storge", and a hoaxer managed to confirm it somehow although it was fake. When I found out that the official title was "HP and the half blood prince" on the internet, i almost fell of my chair XP

Now J.K has confirmed that the so called "Half blood prince" is not Harry nor Voldemort, which means that the half blood prince is either a already known character or she's bringing in a new one. I have a few suspects for who it could be. It could be Hagrid or Lupin, as i remember J.k saying Hagrid and Lupin were half bloods (i think @@) Gaw, i'm so exited =D

[~Ozy~]

Gah! And you call yourself a fangirl. Be most ashamed, for Neville is pure-blood!

[Shinin]

JKR said on her site that the HBP is neither Harry nor Voldemort.
HBP cant be:
-Ron (he's pureblood)
-Hermione (she's a mudblood and would be a princess)
-Harry (JKR said & he is pureblood)
-Voldemort (JKR said)
-Neville (pureblood)

[Psychotic_Demon]

cool! i wonder who the hbp really is.... maybe its someone thats already been in the book a few times! who knows?!?

[asher_son_of_ash]

^-^ I think this may be a possible rant but whatever,

Tom Marvolo Riddle:
As we all know Tom Riddle is and was the younger Voldemort but we could say that Voldemort had went through a transformation before he stored his teenage memories in the diary found in CoS. o.O; There might be something in the Sixth book that contains some parts where Voldemort creates a copy of himself but in younger form. o.o;

Remus John Lupin:
A half werewolf, half wizard. Unlikely as Remus was a pureblood BEFORE he was bitten by a wolf. Therefore, cutting out his chances of being the halfblood prince.

Rubeus Hagrid: (No one calls him by huis first name, poor guy. XD)
A half giant. and Half Wizard. Unlikely as the giants have never had a half blood for a child before. o.o; And they wouldn't accept one such as Hagrid.

Dean Thomas:
Half muggle/half wizard. o.o; One more possiblity for us!! x-x; He was never mentioned in the British version of Socerer's stne but his role as a character grew steadily in a deep character. x_x; Wow!!

A new character:
A new possiblity!! ^-^ Only one problem. Joanne Rowling can't make a new character mysteriously pop up just like that. o.O;

Who is the HBP remains a mystery.

Muwahahah!! -coughs-

[Psychotic_Demon]

asher... your scaring me... :paranoid:

[asher_son_of_ash]

asher... your scaring me... :paranoid:

XD; Is it everytime I rant, Iget that same line? :P I'm just a HP Sleuth who lays back. o.o;

[Psychotic_Demon]

riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight...

[LanceLite]

who'd guess there were so many HP fans in PC... i thought i was the only one cos i never found a topic on HP ;)

HPB huh?? hm.... it COULD be both Harry and Mouldyshorts...

Harry: Mom- muggle (why does she have a muggle sister if she is pure blood??) Dad- pure blood.

Mouldyshorts- Tom M. Riddle- dad muggle, mom witch.

but JKR said Harry aint the HBP... and i dont think its Mouldyshorts cos.. how can a Dark "Lord" become a prince??

in my opinion... the half blood prince could have been Sirius... but he died in the last book. dont u think his death was TOO fast and could pop up in this book?

hm.... time to get back to other stuff.... cya!

[Jesus Freak Josh]

It could be someone new...
Who knows? Well, who knows excep for JK?

[asher_son_of_ash]

The circumstances of death are unchangeble. And no. Sirius can't come back since he was blasted with the killing curse and pushed back!

>.> And Tom Riddle undergoed many transformations in his time to become Voldemort as stated in Book two second to last chapter. ^-^ Pays to read.

[~Ozy~]

Precisely, Asher. Furthermore, assuming that Sirius COULD come back in HBP, he couldn't be said prince as the Blacks are a pure-blood family.

[LanceLite]

black's are pureblood??? *checks OoP- chapter The House of Black* hm..... so much for my theories XD

[~Ozy~]

Tsk tsk. I really expected better. After all the time spent on the family tree? After the portrait of Sirius's mum yelling about "Half-bloods?" After the knowledge that Sirius is Draco's second-cousin. After Finniaes(sp) Nigellus's portrait and his obvious ties to Slytherin? For shame.

[LanceLite]

*funny crying voice* im sorry.... i wont skip chapters ever again..... pwehhh..... *explodes*

*destroys the TV with the soap opera on it* where did that come from??

does the HPB HAVE to be half mud half pure? nobody said it had to..

[~Ozy~]

I personally think so, people like Hagrid (that is to say half-wizard, half-creature) are grouped with Centaurs, Werewolves, and Merpeople as "part-humans" instead of half-bloods. Of course, it could be otherwise, but I doubt it.

[asher_son_of_ash]

After Finniaes(sp)

>.> Phineas* And I'll agree with you about the Half-bloods also registering as a Half-creatures.

[Miyu-chan]

Remus John Lupin:
A half werewolf, half wizard. Unlikely as Remus was a pureblood BEFORE he was bitten by a wolf. Therefore, cutting out his chances of being the halfblood prince.
JK said that he is Halfblood in a chat somewhere... >.>;

I think it's not Voldemort, but Tom Riddle. JK said that the title of Book 2 was almost "The halfblood prince". Or maybe it's Dean... (Go to JK's official website if you think he's a muggle-born. :P)

[asher_son_of_ash]

JK said that he is Halfblood in a chat somewhere... >.>;

I think it's not Voldemort, but Tom Riddle. JK said that the title of Book 2 was almost "The halfblood prince". Or maybe it's Dean... (Go to JK's official website if you think he's a muggle-born. :P)

Actually, he was pureblood before he got "bitten" by another werewolf. But if he was a halfblood before then ... -shrugs-

[mewbaby]

maybe it is a girl:
named: Hannah Britney Potter
maybe she is Harry`s younger sister

[~Ozy~]

*Smacks head* Harry is an only child and his parents couldn't have another child owing to the fact that they're somewhat dead. Secondly, assuming that Lily was pregnant with another child at the time of the attack, there wouldn't have been time for them to have another child before they were killed. Thirdly, assuming the sister was Harry's twin, she would have been included in the Prophecy at the end of OotP, nor would she have been neglected thus far in the story. Finally, it's "Half-blood Prince," Not "Half-blood Princess."

[LanceLite]

o.0 that was confusing..... wow cant believe what can happen in the next book.... what else do u think there is in the book except for identifying the prince?

[~Ozy~]

I suppose we'll figure out his actual role in advancing the plot. I also expect the Ministry to still be a bunch of first-rate jerks. Methinks that the HBP will be killed as well, but not necessairly by Death Eaters or Voldemort.

On another not, we've never known Dumbledore's parentage, perhaps he's HBP.

[Amy-chan]

...I think that was referring to Order of the Phoenix.
*sigh* It is OOP. I found it out from an official source. I LOVE the HP books!!! Hmm... Wasn't there someone in COS named Justin? Maybe he's.. no, I don't think he could be this prince. *has eyes glued on every page of COS for a month*

[Scyther5]

The only thing that runs through my mind when I read this is..uh-oh anther Harry Potter book*rolls eyes* , But I can dig that you guys like it.

[~Ozy~]

Now really, you should know that there'll be seven. One per year at Hogwarts.

Actually, now I'm beginning to agree with pika-mew that it probably isn't Justin. There seems to be a lot of conflicting evidence regarding his parentage. When he introduces himself, it seems implied that he's half-bluud, but later on, Erniw Mcmillian says the "...He let it slip the he was Muggle-born." *confuzzled*

[Amy-chan]

Halfblood Prince... What an awkward name! Maybe it means a half-werewolf or giant or something,although creatures like that rarely ever have anything to do with royalty whatsoever.

[LanceLite]

maybe dumbledore is the hbp. or wait... he's too old.

MAYBE its salazar slitherin or godric gryffindor...... or a lost legendary person XD

[~Ozy~]

Couldn't be anyone dead, as stated in book 4, "No spell can return the dead to life[sic]." See also the previous page for my theories regarding part-human half-bloods.

[Amy-chan]

I heard JK herself say in an interview on the COS DVD that(in her own words) 'Something quite small in Chamber will come to light in Book 6'(HBP).
Hmmmm.......... *pushes the whole COS novel through one of her ears,hoping it will all wind up in her brain* Hey! Maybe it's someone believed to be dead, like Peter Pettigrew was.

[~Ozy~]

Of course, Riddle's diary was 'quite small.' Could have something to do with that. Besides, I see big enough differences between Riddle and Voldemort to count them as seperate characters. Maybe Voldemort repairs the diary (returned to Lucias Malfoy) and re-creates a younger copy of himself, sacrificing one of his more minor Death eaters en route.

[Amy-chan]

*carefully watches that COS interview over and over and over and over, looking for clues* As big as Aragog is in size, he's been 'quite small' in the sense that he hasn't reappeared,so it could have something to do with him... If only JK could give us some hints,or at least tell us whether we're hot or cold.

[~Ozy~]

It'll be snowing in **** before that happens.

[Amy-chan]

Someone needs to tell the site I typed in this message facts,not rumors. www.theorderofthephoenix.net

[LanceLite]

something small???

*thinks like anything*

maybe something about the thing that happens at the start of the book in Nocturn Alley... or maybe that poor old car..... or maybe... that sock that Harry gave to Dobby to release him became mutated XD

[Amy-chan]

*imagines the 7th book being 'Harry Potter and the Scary Magical Whatever'*
Once I had a dream that my mom told me Harry Potter 7 was too violent for me to read. In this dream I watched part of the 7th movie where Harry Potter cut off Dobby's head because he was cussing....*gets scared*

[asher_son_of_ash]

I 'ae unconvaa'red zumsin! :P In Mugglenet.com there was something aout no new nationalities will be arriving in book si, so our thoughts of a new character will either not appear in book six and seven or the prince is a first year. o_O;

So maye now the new prince would be ( As I belive) Tom Riddle! x-x; Think of it, Lucius Malfoy may escape from Azkaban. Give Voldemort an old object of his that contains some story of Tom Riddle and that Riddle will be reproduced. And as I remember, in book 2 Harry asked Dobby why he said Tom Riddle wasn't Voldemort and Dobby answered "'Tis a clue, sir." The possiblity is that it might be from JKR herself and she was projecting it on Dobby. =P

[Mullet]

The next book is Harry Potter and the Halfblood Prince.

[LanceLite]

dude everyone knows that. something horrible is about to happen in HBP and ill hate it. i just know that.

[TheSmartOne]

I love horrible stuff! Anyway, I'm pretty sure it's Tom Riddle.

[LanceLite]

XD

I THINK I KNOW THAT VERY LITTLE THING!!!!!!! When in Chamber of Secrets Harry and Ron asked Moaning Mertyle how she died she answered that there was someone speaking in some different language. When she told them to get lost- she died.

That someone and his other language was never mentioned again. THAT HAS TO BE THAT SMALL THING COMING BACK IN THIS BOOK!!!!!!

[Jesus Freak Josh]

Tom Riddle! Of course! It must be him!

[Aggron91]

half blood prince, harry is half blood, as his mother was a mudblood, n his father a pure blood, making him half blood, the title could be refering to harry himself.

[Sunrise's Dragon]

We have made some thinks in here little Finland.

Row sayed, that it isn't Harry or Voldy. Think now! "Harry Potter and Harry Potter!" It's doesn't sound very clever!

We think, that it can be Dean Thomas. He don't know, that he's father was wizard... Or his mother. I don't remember now. Row sayed, that HBP was workingname to Chamber. So...? It have to be somebody, who's seen CoS. Dean was first in Row's mind also in there Chamber with Harry an Ron. It can be very usefull thing. Dean is very good, I think.

Hagrid. Very important person in CoS. Half-blood.

Lockhart. So, so ,so annoying, but we don't know anything about him! Row sayd, that he will come again to books.

Do you know, that sixth book may come next summer? Off course, in last time Row also get it little later, mut we have allways hope.

[Aggron91]

*hits head off desk* sry u r right, that is ridiculous, i didnt sleep last night, (at my m8s) hmmmmmm erm ernie macmillan? i dnt know i think hes half blood???

[Koroku]

Tom Riddle! Of course! It must be him!
JKR already said it wasn't Harry nor Voldie. >.o

[LanceLite]

;_; waaahhhh..... nobody listened to my theory thingy.... *sniff*

*beats M.Mertyle in crying contest*

[Koroku]

It was Tom Riddle speaking in Parseltounge.

[LanceLite]

not it wasnt... then who was the other guy with him?

[Koroku]

not it wasnt... then who was the other guy with him?
There wasn't anyone with him. Unless of course you mean the basilsk (sp?).

Myrtle heard Tom talking (opening the chamber wasn't it?) and when she opened the stall door to tell him (he was a boy after all, and it was the girl's bathroom) to scat, she was killed by looking straight into the basilsk's eyes.

[asher_son_of_ash]

O_o; Hm. JKR can really kill a rumour. Now in her site it says this

Is Tom Riddle the Half-Blood Prince?
Well, as Tom Riddle is the same person as Voldemort, and Voldemort is NOT the Half-Blood Prince… do I really need to answer this?

v_v; Oh well... now my sleuthing points to another direction -- Dean Thomas.

[Ice demon]

lol the new title sounds interesting

I know this may not help with the title stuff but i know for a fact that JKR said that no one takes on Hermione but she may just end up playing a major role in the course of one of the up coming book [she said this when OotP came out.]
I got this in the Times magazine.

[asher_son_of_ash]

She may have been talking about Hermione's cleverness. >> And it couldn't be Hermione since she is completely a girl and the title's "Half Blood Prince"

[LanceLite]

i just got a new HP book... actually its one that explains many myth stuff in HP... did u know that draco's name actually means Dragon-Serpent??

so many other stuff in there.....

[Chairman Kaga]

Might I also add this bit of information for all you fellow HP fans?

http://entertainment.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=165977

[LanceLite]

NOVEMBER 2005??? I CANT WAIT THAT LONG... I'LL BE 14 YEARS OLD BY THEN!!!! MAN!!! i really wanna see how Cho and Cedric look like.... Mouldyshorts is everywhere...

[Koroku]

I'll be turning 17 when the next movie comes out?!?!!?!?!?


That's just not fair. T_______T

[~Ozy~]

I think they're trying to slow it down a bit so the movie series and book series end withing about 2 years of each other.

[Chairman Kaga]

Goblet of Fire had better be at least three hours long though, if not longer. As the books get longer they're going to have to cut more and more details out of each one to keep them in the target two-and-a-half hour range. Prisoner of Azkaban had so much missing that was in the book (even crucial plot details) that it hardly felt like the book...I hope for better out of Goblet of Fire, but they've traded in Alfonso Cuaron for yet another director, so I have no idea what this one will be like...

[LanceLite]

horribly different i can tell u. i really am waiting for the 5th movie of Phoenix. Dumbledore's Army going into the Mystery Dept and fighting Mouldyshorts... wow.....

Maybe the HBP is snape??? im just guessing..... or maybe some dead long lost legendary dude... as i said before.... SNAPE'S DAD!!!! XD

[Koroku]

Nah, Snape is pureblood I think.

*still wishes Colin wasn't a mudblood* ;-;

Dean sounds like the best bet of currenly existing characters. =/

[Miyu-chan]

Maybe the HBP isn't really a living person, maybe some portrait that tells Harry you-know-who's weaknesses. xD; mugglenet.com is a great site for Harry Potter info, btw. ;D

[LanceLite]

i should start visiting Mugglenet then..... okay... now those guys from school go to another HP board and they say that the next book will not have a HBP in it. just its about mudbloods and purebloods fighiting or something and waiting for the prince to come and stop the fight... im confused... which is a rumor and which is not?

[~Ozy~]

Doubtful that they would know unless they work for Rowling's publisher, gave RTowling an enormous sum of cash, or have stolen the manuscript. Rowling wouldn't do something so spoiler-ish. Furthermore, she's already confirmed that the HBP must be someone by saying that it wasn't Harry or Voldemort.

[Koroku]

Bleh... and she doesn't let anyone read it until she's written the entire thing, right? =/

Not even her family got to read OotP...

[Kari Kagome & Mewtwo]

hmm.. possibilities.

Harry- It can't be Harry, since JKR confirmed it wasn't him

Voldemort- see Harry's description

Snape- This is possible. We don't know much about Snape's past other than the fact he used to be a Death Eater (Which he still might be in secret, which perfectly explains why he hates Harry so much)

Lucius/Draco- The Malfoys are purebloods, so that rules them out.

Hagrid- This is another interesting possibility. But halfbloods usually refer to Wizards/Muggles, not Giants/Humans.

Ron/Ginny/etc - See the explaination given for the Malfoys

Hermione- same as the Malfoys & the Weasleys, except she's not a male (and princes are always males) and shes a mudblood.

So yeah, it might be some new character altogether.

[asher_son_of_ash]

Cough! Cough! Here ye! Hear ye! O_o; I don't know about this but I'm beginning to feel like it's Crookshanks that's the Prince of Half Bloods. Being kept up in a Pet shop all day. Being a half something, half Kneazle. O_o; I mean, why would JKR make Crookshanks a half of half unless therewas something to it. O_o; She could've made him a whole cat instead, no?

[Koroku]

Crookshanks has also used his intelligence for other things to, such as befriending Sirius.

[Amy-chan]

DARNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had a dream last night that actually made sense(unlike my dream about the 7th book) that had a hint somewhere in it,but now I can't remember the dream anymore!!!!!!!!!!!! All I can remember now is that the basilisk and Tom Riddle were in it,although I don't think that Tom is the prince because J.K. Rowling said that Voldemort wasn't the Prince,and Tom is just Voldie's past. I watched COS 3 days ago,and it still didn't help much.. I'll probably watch it again(even MORE carefully) today. Hmm... 'something small'? Maybe...the Gryffindor sword? Or Fawkes? After all,we still don't know why the Order is called 'Order of the PHOENIX'. But then again,Fawkes and the sword(and the Sorting Hat) were all important in the end. *thinks hard until HBP is already released and she still hasn't thought of anything*

[asher_son_of_ash]

-cough-! You missed my post in the bottom of page four in this thread. JKR said that even Tom Riddle wasn't the HBP. =P The only obvious points here are half creatures.

[LanceLite]

the movies suck beans...... 99% of the book is gone from it in them.

something small... something... small..... *shrinks size* hey now that im small maybe i can be the small hero of HBP!!!

[Amy-chan]

-cough-! You missed my post in the bottom of page four in this thread. JKR said that even Tom Riddle wasn't the HBP. =P The only obvious points here are half creatures.
Of course it isn't Tom.I was just considering every possibility.If you were considering half-creatures...Lupin or Hagrid? Maybe. Er,this doesn't help with the identity of the HBP,but I heard somewhere that Tonks will be the new defense against the dark arts teacher. True? Perhaps.

[Koroku]

I wouldn't doubt JKR putting her in there... or Dumbledore hiring her. XD

And didn't JK say that Tonks was gonna have a bigger role in this book?

[asher_son_of_ash]

O_o; Lupin is OUT OF THE QUESTION! He was bitten then he turned into a halfblood. AND Hagrid is a person that doesn't have any very powerful magic in him. x_x;

I was talking about half creatures such as Centuars, Crookshanks and... other halfs. And the Tonks is a Teacher rumour has been exposed and kicked off as the truth.

[LanceLite]

rite Lupin is out of the question.. uh... why??

i still think that something having to do with CoS is in HBP.. im gonna read it again now....... lets see...

[Jesus Freak Josh]

According to my brother, something from CoS will be in HBP...

[asher_son_of_ash]

... well actually, now that you mention CoS, JKR mentioned somewhere that she just liked the name "Half Blood Prince" for CoS but she decided to stick with Chamber of Secrets. o-o;

O_o; Now... what is that thing that would come back to CoS? Perhaps, the car? Or Aragog? o.o;

[LanceLite]

i wish the car would be back.... JKR said a small TINY thing..... lets think ppl... something..... has to be it........

[Abusoru]

New Harry Potter News:

Harry Potter Will Survive Seventh Book

Mon Aug 16, 8:06 AM ET


EDINBURGH, Scotland - "Harry Potter (news - web sites)" novelist J.K. Rowling (news - web sites) says her young hero will survive to the seventh book in her series about the young wizard, but refused to say whether he would reach adulthood.





Rowling teased a group of fans with morsels of information as she gave a reading of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on Sunday.


"He will survive to book seven, mainly because I don't want to be strangled by you lot, but I don't want to say whether he grows any older than that," Rowling told the youngsters.


She encouraged the fans to try to piece together future plots for themselves, and urged them to focus on why Harry's nemesis, the evil warlock Voldemort, had not been killed.


"There are two questions I don't think I've ever been asked and that I should have been asked, if you know what I mean," Rowling said.


She told the gathering they should be asking themselves "not `why did Harry live' but `why didn't Voldemort die?'"


The second question they should think about is: "Why didn't Dumbledore kill, or try to kill, Voldemort?" she added, referring to the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.


More than 500 people had tickets to see the author read from the fifth book. She is still working on the sixth book, but has already revealed the title: "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince."


But she remained tightlipped about the title of her final book in the series.


"I'm not going to tell you, I'm sorry. The trouble I would be in if I did. My agent would have me hunted down and killed," she said.

[asher_son_of_ash]

O_o; Interesting... but I don't see anything there that relates to HP5 but I think you should read the words carefully. It says, "Harry would live up to Book seven." It doesn't mention he'll die in book seven. o_o;

[Jesus Freak Josh]

If anyone IS gonna die other than a villain, it better be Ron! *Cracks knuckles*

[James]

Wow the new Hp title sounds good i cant wait to read it

Hey Who do you think will help harry the most?
1st movie Both
2nd Ron
3rd Hermione

[LanceLite]

Hermy was the best in 3.... PUNCH HIM HARDER NEXT TIME!!! i dunno.. that news sounds interesting... but that guys rite.. what happens if he dies IN book 7? and questions? i dont feel like thinking rite now... *goes off to finish CoS again*

[Jesus Freak Josh]

Hermy was the best in 3.... PUNCH HIM HARDER NEXT TIME!!! i dunno.. that news sounds interesting... but that guys rite.. what happens if he dies IN book 7? and questions? i dont feel like thinking rite now... *goes off to finish CoS again*
If Harry dies, I'll be crying and kicking some butts! XD
And if Hermione dies...

Homer: *Low voice* Kids, would you step outside for a minute?
Bart and Lisa: *Make the classic running like heck sound*
Homer: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Rest is cut out by church bells*
Flanders: Dear lord! That was the loudest profanity I've ever heard!

[LanceLite]

and if hermione dies..... ron will be even more sadder than harry. anyways, harry should go back to cho... Ron and Hermy are fine together.

where the **** did THAT come from?? *confuses himself by reading it again*

[Jesus Freak Josh]

DITCH RON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll be ever so peed if Hermione and Ron go togeter!

[LanceLite]

hey!!!! im just a RonMione Shipper!!!! u can be a SidekickMione Shipper all u want....

i dont wanna start a fite here so lets change the subject.

[Jesus Freak Josh]

OK.
What do you expect in HBP.

[LanceLite]

i dunno..... lotsa more crap on legends on how to kill voldemort.... seriously mostly all the books are about legends and stuff and how theyre gonna get over that problem rite now....

[asher_son_of_ash]

What I expect is something everyone else does! A great shocker! O_o; JKR is the Master of the shocking.

[metagrossman]

I hope they have the book a good story line as i get a new harry potter book every christmas!

[LanceLite]

every chrismas?? that about.... 365 days... i cant wait that long.. i started reading after GoF came out.... i read all those books and then OoP. but i got interest in it from the first movie....

[Jesus Freak Josh]

I can't wait till book 7: Harry Potter and The Balance of Nature XD
Anyways, I reckon she should do a book on Hermione and Ron's view...

[LanceLite]

Balance of Nature??? u found out the 7th books name? wow.... *misses the whole sarcasm*

JKR should have named it Harry Potter and the Wedding of ... id better not continue.

[Jesus Freak Josh]

I was onl joking! XD
THAT WAS AMUSING!!!!!
Anyways, that's what they said on one episode of Futurama. That had some guy and then he said something like: "And view my book: Harry Potter and the Balance of Nature!"
That was really funny though! XD

Anyways, can't wait till 6 and 7 come out!

[LanceLite]

if 6 is coming out next year.. its gonna be 2007 by the time the 7 comes out.

[Skye]

Just a thought about Voldermort...I think I've figured out something really important to the story line.

In reading up a bit on JKR's web site, I came across something really important. She said that the questions people should be asking aren't "why did Harry live?" but instead, "why didn't Voldermort die?" I reread the first book just recently, and stumbled upon something of great importance:

"...not being truely alive, he cannot be killed."

This refers to Voldermort in his bodiless state, but I really think it has more to do with it than that. I mean, it would make sense, wouldn't it? Voldermort was once Tom Riddle, and went through a transformation to become the Dark Lord. He must have sacrificed something to gain so much power...

[Jesus Freak Josh]

I kinda understand what you mean. The stuff I did understand was kinda good. Nice theory...

[LanceLite]

yea... Mouldy sacrificed the Phil's stone... his servants hand.... or wait.. the hand was "flesh given willingly from a servant" or something...

hold on.. since hes got Harry's blood now.. what does it mean that he has the same protection Harry got from his mommy?

[Skye]

yea... Mouldy sacrificed the Phil's stone... his servants hand.... or wait.. the hand was "flesh given willingly from a servant" or something...

hold on.. since hes got Harry's blood now.. what does it mean that he has the same protection Harry got from his mommy?


It's possible, but I'm not so sure about that. Harry's mother died trying to save him, but I don't think that kind of power can be transferred over, especially to such a loathsome wizzard. It may make him a bit harder to defeat...might even make him more human, but I'm not sure about protection. If anything, I think it will be his downfall.

[Greed]

Wow I can't wait for the 6th book. yes, I'm an HP fan >D They're so interesting. But I was so sad that my most favorite chara died in the 5th book. ;__; I really liked him..

*dies*

[LanceLite]

Sirius was ur fave?? never knew that....... but... that avatar used to belong to someone.. one of my old friends who left.... uh oh... here comes a flashback.. XD

anyways... dont u think that Sirius's death was a little too quick? He just got hit by one of that.. uh ... that attack.. but he fell BACK INTO the curtains WHERE he died. something was there... i think..

[Jesus Freak Josh]

I'll check how he "Died". Does it say for sure that he is dead? *Checks OoP*

EDIT: I'm too lazy to find it...

[LanceLite]

o.O kk i'll chcek myself..

yup.. it was fast... i think... Sirius got hit... fell back... INTO THAT VEIL... behind it he went... never came out again... though he was hit by a RED magic attack.. Avada Kedavra is GREEN!!! so he didnt die... he was petrified and he fell back into that veil thingy where he disappeared...

[~Ozy~]

Sirius is dead, that much is final. That curtain leads to the world of spirits or whatever you want to call it. Anyone who goes in doesn't come back out, death is irrevocable in the HP world. Furthermore, assuming his spirit could return to the world of the living, it would have no body to reurn to. As much as I don't like it (Sirius is my fave character), Sirius is dead. That's final.

Now for some off-topic HP shippings I support:
-Ron/Hermione
-Harry/Luna
-Sirius/Lupin
-Ginny/Neville

[Koroku]

Interesting article back on page 6... gets me wondering. >.< Curse JKR for taking so long~

/me watches curse make her die and thus no 6 or 7. T_T


...err...

Couplings... bleh. I've read a lot of HP fiction (@.@) and I've learned to take just about any coupling. XD Though I really like seeing Draco paired with Harry. I dunno why, that "opposites attract" thing I guess. =p


...just keep me away from the Snape stuff... *shudders remembering a fic...*

[Jesus Freak Josh]

Now for some off-topic HP shippings I support:
-Ron/Hermione
-Harry/Luna
-Sirius/Lupin
-Ginny/Neville

Let's make an edit there...

-Harry/Hermione
-Ron/Luna
-Sirius/Lupin
-Ginny/Neville

That's better...

[Vf1aBattaloid690]

Wow! How did u find that out?

[~Ozy~]

Let's make an edit there...

-Harry/Hermione
-Ron/Luna
-Sirius/Lupin
-Ginny/Neville

That's better...

No, no, the original list is far better. Rowling herself is against HAHL.

[Vf1aBattaloid690]

Its obviously talking about Harry, and it doesnt mean a litteral prince. I mean, cmon people, use your imaginations!

[LanceLite]

JKR said it herself that it aint Harry...

about coupling.. Ron Hermione is the one I support. and about fanfics.... i read many of them.... one was the .... weirdest.... Harry/Draco... where Draco himself does something to Harry in potions and Harry turns into a girl and.. oboy.. Harry and Draco falls in love with eachothe and start going on dates and even sleeps together and then.... i dont wanna start with how they ended up having a kid... o.O

[~Ozy~]

That would be rather sweet if the author dodn't have to go and turn Harry into a girl first. I'd rather see it done straight-out.

[asher_son_of_ash]

o.O; We're talking about shippings, now? Oh well, the shippings I support are...

Harry/Luna
Ron/Hermione
Draco/Hermione
Snape/Dumbledore <-- Crazy thought...
McGonagall/That herbology teacher ... what's her name?

[Vf1aBattaloid690]

The shipings you support? Ok thats just weird.

[Koroku]

Shippings are fun. XD

Snape/anyone is freaky imo. Especially when the "anyone" comments on how "sexy" the grease is... >______________>

*shudder*

[~Ozy~]

Indeed. Although I read a rather interesting fic where Hermione...erm..."hired" herself out to make sure Harry and Ron got good Potions grades.

[Vf1aBattaloid690]

When you say "hired", you mean she took the job.. and thats it... right?

[~Ozy~]

Erm...No, not at all. Think about it.

[asher_son_of_ash]

Indeed. Although I read a rather interesting fic where Hermione...erm..."hired" herself out to make sure Harry and Ron got good Potions grades.

Erm ... do you mean a fic where Ron and Harry almost fail there N.E.W.T's and aren't possibly able to get jobs in the wizarding world, so Hermione would "do the thing" with ... Snape? O_o

[Koroku]

Erm ... do you mean a fic where Ron and Harry almost fail there N.E.W.T's and aren't possibly able to get jobs in the wizarding world, so Hermione would "do the thing" with ... Snape? O_o
That's the way it looks. o-o


Anyone ever read the Psychic Serpent series? I <3 it. ^^;

[~Ozy~]

Yep, that's how it was.

Anywy, never read it. I'll have to check it out.

[LanceLite]

whats the psychic serpant series? i never heard of it..

[asher_son_of_ash]

I think I heard that from a guy once. I heard it was a great fanfic, but I never got the link to it.

[Koroku]

Why not google it? =p

http://www.schnoogle.com/authorLinks/Barb/PST01_Psychic_Serpent/


The series is awesome... it's basically an alternate version of Books 5, 6, & 7. ~_~

I personally preferred Psychic Serpent to Order of the Pheonix. XD

[asher_son_of_ash]

It does seem like a nice read. o.o; Though I can't understand why Dudley's so nice.

[Koroku]

That's explained later in the story. <3

[~Ozy~]

Does indeed look like a good read, I need to read the whole thing when I have the time.

[Mr Cat Dog]

Well, all I hope is that it shall focus on more mature themes. I'm not ruling out the possibility of one of the Weasleys, since Mrs Weasley could have had a secret affair with a Muggle, and Ron or Ginny could be the Prince. You never know... it could happen couldn't it?
I doubt it would happen though... JK had better have something good up her sleeve though, since I didn't like OotP too much. Harry went from this innocent 14 year old to a grumpy 15 year old. I mean, it doesn't happen like that does it? I had his grumpiness and his anger when I was 12, but he was still an innocent little boy trying to play the hero.
OK... I'm rambling. i'm just hoping that the HBP will be something unpredictable so it will be fun to read...

"A Vote for Justice is a Vote for MCD"

[Koroku]

I'm not ruling out the possibility of one of the Weasleys, since Mrs Weasley could have had a secret affair with a Muggle, and Ron or Ginny could be the PrinceO_o;;

I don't think that JKR would bring adultry into her books... even if it is going to a darker tone. =/

[~Ozy~]

Agreed...That wouldn't work ot, besides it would effectively destroy the rivalry between Arthur Weasly and Lucias Malfoy.

[Mr Cat Dog]

I don't think she will at all. I'm not sure what she's really got instore for this one... I suppose we'll just have to wait and see for the moment at least *prays it'll be some form of adultery ^_~*

"A Vote for Justice is a Vote for MCD"

[LanceLite]

ME IS BACK!!!!.... i think......

HBP will be completely spoilt if u put in adult stuff. c'mon what fun would be there reading a book full of ..*thinks*.. that stuff??

[Mr Cat Dog]

It would be a break from the childish predictable tales JKR has weaved up in the past books. And the ending to OotP was just so lame it was unbelievable... A bit of adult themage would make this reader a whole lot happier, but I really don't think it would happen.

[asher_son_of_ash]

I don't think the OotP book sucked just as much as book one. =P But still, you can't expect a bit of adultry in book 6. It would cause the novels to be discontinued, and even if it hits the stores, it wouldn't be sold everywhere, would it?

[LanceLite]

err.... rite.. what he said... i agree... i think...

when did jkr say she set the release date?

[asher_son_of_ash]

Somewhere around next year, I guess?

[LanceLite]

Somewhere around next year, I guess?

wow... long time no post.... next year? im gonna be 14 next year XD

[~Ozy~]

Yeah, I think it's summer of fall '05. But don't quote me on that.

Oh, and the lack of more "adult" stuff in HP is what make the series so enjoyable in my mind.

[LanceLite]

k... long time to wait.... will hibernating work? XD

the dude's rite.... just the Harry x Hermy (yech!) and then Harry x Cho and Hermy x Ron (yay!!) thingy's are enough.

have u guys heard? that guy Daniel who plays harry in the movies got caught by the police. all i heard is that he and his dudes were driving fast in a lane change or something. police ordered them to stop but they car-chased away. then when they caught him they found drugs in Daniel's car. or something....

[DarkRaikou]

I hated ootp, i hope hbp will be better.

*wonders if hpb will be as good as GOF*

[Jesus Freak Josh]

k... long time to wait.... will hibernating work? XD

the dude's rite.... just the Harry x Hermy (yech!) and then Harry x Cho and Hermy x Ron (yay!!) thingy's are enough. Eww Everyone knows it's Harry and Hermione. Cho disgusts me and I seriously hate Ron (Sorry RxH fans [grrr])

have u guys heard? I've heard stuff before... XD that guy Daniel who plays harry in the movies got caught by the police. Are the police drinking again? all i heard is that he and his dudes were driving fast in a lane change or something. police ordered them to stop but they car-chased away. then when they caught him they found drugs in Daniel's car. or something....Those were Rupert Grints drugs! XD In my imagination, Daniel and Emma were quietly sitting in the back holding hands and the guy who plays Snape and Rupert Grint were drinking beer! XD But that is in my imagination mind you...

[LanceLite]

DOOOODE!!!!!! no way ur a HH supporter.... grr....

say what? u hear? thats good... rupert was in that car?

[Jesus Freak Josh]

DOOOODE!!!!!! no way ur a HH supporter.... grr....

say what? u hear? thats good... rupert was in that car?
Since we are unfamiliar with sacasm I shall close the register at this point.

Yes I believe in HxH. I can't wait till the next book!

[Exodus]

*rolls eyes* Drugs? Meh. More likely tylenol or sumthin. O_o

Anyhoos, I ish a HxH shipper too! Yay for me and HxH shippers! I dont like Cho AT ALL, to me she is a crybaby b*&#$. O_o Ron ish cool, even though he does get kinda annoying in the thrid movie with all the hermoineiam accendtlygoingtoholdyourhandnow stuff. XP

Other then that, I cannot wait for The sixth book to come out. I shall be the first one at the store when it does get released!

[LanceLite]

GRAAHH!!! NO WAY IM OUT NUMBERED!!! RISE UP RONxHERMIONE SHIPPERS!!!!!

ATTACK!!!!!!!!


wait... am i the only one who's attacking u's with the frying pan?





we need some better discussion... im bored.... :tired:

[asher_son_of_ash]

Cho started being a crying doll in book 5 and ONLY in book five. o_O; And HxH is more like a sister 'n' brother relationship. So I'm both a Ron/Hermione (Love/hate) shipper and a Draco/Hermione (Love/hate). O_o; (She can turn out to love both of them.)

And Lancelite, hibernating only lasts 2 months. XD; After your stomach wants something in it. XD;

[Koroku]

Or we can go for the odball canon couples like Dumbledore x Snape!

[asher_son_of_ash]

Or we can go for the odball canon couples like Dumbledore x Snape!
O.o; That isn't quiet as odd as Professor Oak x Professor Dumbledore. o.O;

[LanceLite]

or dumbledore x ron and hermy x snape.... yipe.. that means im back here again XD

[Koroku]

O.o; That isn't quiet as odd as Professor Oak x Professor Dumbledore. o.O;
But that isn't canon. :P

ABxSS 4eva! XD

[asher_son_of_ash]

If canon is what you want, ya should go for Crabbe x Albus or Goyle x McGonagall. o_o; On the other hand, it doesn't seem weird for the perverted.

[Koroku]

Crabbe/Goyle with anyone is scary. x.x

A fic with them as the main characters would be scary...

[LanceLite]

fic? like this one?

one day crab and goyle got a tummy ache. they went to the hostpital feather and had to pump out the bad cheese they ate last night. looks like it was jinxed by draco.....

thats scary?

[asher_son_of_ash]

>.> They didn't seem main chaacters there. And anyway. +_+ Fics with another rather the main characters point of view would be a nice change.

[LanceLite]

ur rite. something like harry and the supporters doing their stuff and all malfoy does is complain thruout the story. or something like that.

[winnie]

interesting...
probably about a prince or someone old... i dunno, the order of the phoenix wasn't really that based on the title so you never know but i do hope it'll be out soon,
anywasy no matter whats its about i'm sure its a good one.

[LanceLite]

its the Half Blood Prince. OotP has some relationship with its title and contents. harry and the lil people go like Dumbledore's Army .... but actually they were working like Order Of The Phoenix members.... u get the idea what i mean.

[Kylie-chan]

It's coming out winter (all ye in the northern hemisphere, it's summer!) cos JKR is having a baby (thank goodness, it's her third) and wants to finish it before a sleepless period where she won't get it done.

It's confirmed on her site.

YES THANK YOU JKR!!!

DP (going to check pm)

[LanceLite]

er............?

what? shes pregnant again? YAY THAT MEANS SHES GONNA FINISH HBP FASTER..... i think.... thats what that guy says....

winter? hemispere? summer? @_@

[asher_son_of_ash]

@_@; Winter ... ! >.> I thought it would be more lke August or July.

[LanceLite]

im still confused and this thread is dead..... *revive revive* anybody here?

[Amy-chan]

Idea Alert! Idea Alert! Filch might be the HBP! He was discovered to be a Squib in COS, so maybe that's what half-blood means in this case(although being a squib has nothing to do with blood)! And maybe Harry finding out Filch's secret is the small detail from COS that will come to light in HBP! I'm a genius, am I not?

[LanceLite]

filch? maybe.... harry was stuck in his office for a some time in there.. or was that in PoA? i dont remember but ur theory is a good.. believable one.

[smithy.boy]

i ave a feeling that Neville will be a main character like we sort of found some stuff ouut about him in book5. the prince...hmmm.....a mystery......we know its not dudley
otherwise he'll be bloody scary as a king.

"GET ME SOME PIES OR OFF WITH YOUR HEADS"

well as for half blooded that could mean a witch and muggle with children
(SHAMOUS)
or it means the prince has been blooded up by a bludger

[LanceLite]

er... neville? maybe... but he's a pure blood.. i think..

and maybe the prince dont play quidditch? XD

and wait... JKR said harry is pureblood.. but his mom was muggle born.... or how else did his aunts become muggles? and his dad was... i dunno... there is a LOT of stuff not mentioned about his dad....

[espeon and umbreon]

Nothing much to say about title.

Anyway I think it was mentioned that Harry was half muggles and half wizard or something. Oh well...

[madi]

i am quite sure that Lily was a muggle and James was a wizard (I don't think that it's mentioned anywhere if he was pure or half blood), which means that Harry is a half-blood, not pure-blood.

[Viktor]

So what happens after Harry Potter leaves Hoggwarts(sp?)? I bet she will make something like Harry Potter and the Mid-Life Crisis..... Where he comes back to the top after falling to the forbbiden enchanted powder and summoning those bicardi-flavored beans..... And then rises back to the top... Everyone likes a comeback story right? :P

[LanceLite]

er.. hehe not exactly a comeback story like that ppl like ^_^;
a comeback story would be good where a new dark dude appears and something like.... i dunno.. harry's son or something needs to defeat him or something... now thats a good comeback story. or maybe just to me.. i dont know about other ppl's opinions..

and not really ANYTHING has been revealed about james potter. all we know he looked a lot like harry, like to be naughty.... (and so didnt get christmas presents from santa ^_^), became an animagus as a stag (santa's reindeer... what a nice coincidence ^_^) - also the same form as harry's patronus....
then there's that he liked lily from a long time ago... but they're relationship wasnt revealed much....

[Asher]

You forgot the part where he owned a broomstick. Is in Gyrfinndor. Was Seeker. Owned an invisibility Cloak. XD; Of course. James's secrets and other stuff should leak out in Book Seven since it's the last book...

[LanceLite]

yea!! and what he said!!! *aside to Asher* i never said i was finished saying the stuff did i *evil grin*

yea but THIS one is just 6th... it should have some good stuff in it but... i dunno. the name doesnt seem promising.

[Asher]

O_o; It seems promising enough to me. Especially since everything would be WAAAAAAAYYY different now. [Sirius's death, Death-Eaters in jail, And where the heck is Wormtail?]

^_^; I GOT ANOTHER THEORY ON WHY CROOKSHANKS SHOULD BE THE HBP!!!:

According to some Godric Gryfinndor is a king. =/ And Crookshanks could be his most loyal pet. Godric must've put some magic on Crookshanks for over-intelligence, speed and erm ... infinite life? o.o;;;

That's probably why Crookshanks was under care for so long. O_o;

And erm ... the Lion on the Gryfinndor house logo must mean something. x_x; Not like Lion's are a common house pets. [Owls aren't either but we're talking about cats. XD;]

[LanceLite]

er... crooky the HBP? isnt he... a she or something? no way is a cat a HBP... but JKR said something was special about crooky in Fantastic Beasts.. but i dunno cos i never read it.

tell me... how EXACTLY does a cat... get with a lion... or... something.. GG is just the guy who was.. i dunno... SS's rival? but if u talk about him being a king and having a royal pet.... that needs some looking back to the guy's past.... which really isnt revealed in ANY of the books..

[Asher]

er... crooky the HBP? isnt he... a she or something?

That's where youre wrong. Crookshanks is a he. o_O;;; It said so in the PoA(The Book) In the Manangerie.

no way is a cat a HBP... but JKR said something was special about crooky in Fantastic Beasts.. but i dunno cos i never read it.

=D; The name Half Blood Prince doesn't mean that an animal can't be in the role of a Powerful Prince. Actually, the name justs holds the air of the person/animal being "half-blooded."

tell me... how EXACTLY does a cat... get with a lion... or... something.. GG is just the guy who was.. i dunno... SS's rival? but if u talk about him being a king and having a royal pet.... that needs some looking back to the guy's past.... which really isnt revealed in ANY of the books..

Well in CoS, according to the book and JKR anyway, Salazar used a snake. A basilisk to be exact. A basalisk is a typical legendary snake.

Godric is ,of course, the total opposite of Salazar, ain't he? That means that Godric wouldn't want no magical or extremely powrful beast of doom to be his pet. =/ Crookshanks could have been blessed with immortaility, wisdom, etc. from the powers of Godric Gyrfinndor.

Rowena Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are never mentioned. -_-;;; Only SS and GG.

Besides, you may never know when Crooky learns that he is needed and such. =P More info would probably come in future books.

[Intuition]

I'm really looking forward to this book ^^ Now that I read all these posts I'm just more excited :P

[LanceLite]

hm.... i give up. crooky can very much be the HBP. then again he really needs the attention.. the last books he didnt get any good ..er.. publicity... i need a better word for this...

what im exited about is the HP-new-book party that we'll have in the Ecetera bookstore... last time i could have won that big OotP phoenix-and-harry jigsaw puzzle ONLY IF I COULD HAVE REMEMBERED THAT HARRY'S HALF BLOODED...

[Bobby]

Wow this is really old,But i guess the book will be cool?

[LanceLite]

yea.. this topics got quite old...

and the book better be good or else ..... i'll sue jkr for $1k for not making it good.... i guess she can EASILY cough up that cash.. ;)

[Asher]

O.o; What's one 'k'?

^.^;; JKR is the mistress of suspence, adventures and whatnots and such. (Aside from Tolkein according to soem. o_O;;;) It'd be good. Besides its the second to last book, ain't it? ^_^

[LanceLite]

1k is short for 1-thousand. it comes from the er... numeral prefix system.

where k stands for kilo means 10 to the power 3. likewise m for mega stands for 10 to the power 6 and g for giga stands for 10 to the power 9.
so 10 to the power 3 means 1000. one example is computer data in bytes.
1 kilobyte = 1000 bytes.
so 1k = 1 thousand/1000

got it? *quickly hides principal's glasses and pointing stick behind back*



Tolkein and JKR equal the same position on my list.. in my opinion if Tolkein was still alive... he would have started writing something to battle harry potter.
and yea, this is ths second from last book.

[Asher]

I thought one byte was equal to 1024 kilobyte. XD;

NAH! If Tolkein was alive he'd write something to the LotR fans about HP NOT being equal. ^.^;; He could be a good guy!

[LanceLite]

hehe u say LotR is better than HP? i'll agree. sorta. i really cant say which is better.

ur rite about the kilobyte thing but im just giving an example.

[Asher]

... I never watched or read the Lord of the Rings ...

o_O;;;

I just said that 'cause LotR fans think that Harry Potter is a copy.

[LanceLite]

im a LotR fan and HP aint no copy..... LotR and HP are just too much similar...

[Asher]

o.o;;;

Yea. Like, did you know Frodo and Harry HAVE almost exactly the same roles? And that wizard in LotR is just like Dumbeldore? XD;

[Ryoutarou]

You two argue or ramble or something a lot XD
got this if anyone is interested XD:
In a brief statement released on jkrowling.com today, JKR had this to say:


'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is COMPLETED and has been delivered to my English language publishers, who hope to announce the publication date within 24 hours."

[Shikon no Tama]

I've known the title of the next book for quite a while. But I have no idea what the seventh and last book is. I guess I'll have to wait and see. I'll buy the next book on the first day it comes out to my book store like I did with the Order of the Pheonix.

[Suz]

Did you know? that JKR has all the book writen?

I heared it from a very reliable sorce! ^^ yep yep!

[Koroku]

~_~ I posted a topic on it ~_~

[Shikon no Tama]

Coolie! I can't wait to find out all the good parts in The Half-Blood Prince! I haven't even finished the Order Of The Pheonix yet! ^o^
I was too busy reading all my other HP books.

[Star6]

Can't wait for it to come out I love the books. But harry potter is in no comparsion at all for the greatest hero of all time Robert E. Howard's Conan.

[Asher]

YAY! The bookl has been done! That means it'd be out by April or March. ^_^;; YAY! Pokemon SEASON! XD;

Do I really ramble a lot? @_@;

[LanceLite]

technically YEA! and madi just came along and said we ramble too much together.... i wonder who rambles more....

w000000000000000t!!! HBP IS COMING OUT!!! WOOOHOOO!!!! FINALLY ALL OF OUR SPECULATIONS ARE GONNA BE PROVED WRONG ^_^;;;

[ravenstorture]

Do you know for a fact that it will be out by April or March?

[Asher]

Thanks for repeating what I said. >.>; Actually, what I said is false. ~_~; It'd be out by July 17.

[Mr Cat Dog]

July 16th actually. If you want more info and spoielrs, go visit the HBP thread also in Other Entertainment. If you visit... er... you'll receive some popcorn and a free teddy bear XD

[Asher]

Oo; It could be 17. You''d never know when theres a distraction or delay!

[LanceLite]

hm.. i dont want no spoilers no thanx.

im gonna be almost.. wait i'll still remain 13 when HBP comes out.

[Asher]

^_^; While searching the web, I found a great site that err ... supports my theory on Crookshanks- *Lion connection. o.o;

kneazle (NEE-zul)
XXX
This very intelligent cat-like creature can detect unsavory or suspicious persons very well and will react badly to them. However, if a kneazle takes a liking to a witch or wizard, it makes an excellent pet. The kneazle has spotted fur, large ears, and a lion-like tail . Crookshanks is part kneazle..

*Check Asher's theories on page 9 of this thread!
Thanks to hp-lexicon.org ^_^;

[Metallika]

YAY! I cant wait till HBP. JKR said that it will come out July 16 so I cant wait to get it ^^. HP is so far one of the best Fantasy books Ive read so far. My favorite genre is Fantasy and action/Adventure, So Ive alwasy loved her books. I read Goblet of Fire in 17 hours (Took up a whole saturday of mine) And I LOVED it ^^. The only thing that was bad for me was that I read 3 of the books in Portuguese and 2 of them in english <<;;;;

[oni flygon]

Whoa... isn't this thread old? O__o;;;
Sorry dude... but no reviving threads...