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YEAH! The next HP book will be called Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!! I can't wait!!! Hopefully a release date will be soon.

more info here (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=487&ncid=762&e=13&u=/ap/20040629/ap_en_ot/books_harry_potter_vi)!

Cool, I can't wait for it to come out. :cool:

Rox my sox

I cannot wait for the sixth book . . . but, honestly, "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" sounds like the title of a really bad fanfic. :x

::cough::

So . . . who do you think is the HBP?

in an interview JK said it wasn't Harry (duh?) or Voldermort so i dunno.

i think it's neville longbottom. his importance in the series increases with every new book.

or it could be a new character entirely.

Maybe the half-blood prince is a relative of Voldy-mort?

i think it's neville longbottom. his importance in the series increases with every new book.

or it could be a new character entirely.


I agree with you on it being Longbottom... but I think it might be someone with major importance in CoS.

J.K.R. also said that there were some clues in the Chamber Of Secrets to the 6th book.

AHHEEEHAGAGAAHAHJALALAHAHAKEKEKE!!!


:D

i'm excited.....

I am bolding the post because in my opinion it holds great releavance to the title of HP 5.

The series Cirque Du Freak is a very well known series around the world. J.K. loves the series, and has commented on every one of Darren Shan's books in the series. Intresting enough... the series in about book 6-7 becomes about how the main character (a half vampire) because on of the Princes of the vampires. Hence, A HALF BLOOD PRINCE.
:confused:
...
:confused:
Doesn't that seem wierd to anyone else?

You've all been duped.

Seriously, this is all a big fraud. My inside sources tell me that the real title is:

HARRY POTTER AND THE BROKEN RECORD

Seriously. hidden message...duh...

-Mike

i think it's neville longbottom. his importance in the series increases with every new book.

or it could be a new character entirely.

I thought Neville was pureblood. I could be wrong though.

In book 5 they say voldemort chose the half-blood (Harry), and not the pureblood as his enemy. And Neville was the other child who was said to be an enemy to voldemort. So I assume he is pureblood :-/

The problem I am having with Rowling's books is that she is still depending on the "magic" of the world to carry her and still shows a good bit of immaturity as an author. There are several instances in her books where she fails to stay consistent within her own framework, or fails to think about the ramifications of things being set up in a particular way.

She is also having obvious issues with what "life is like as a teenage boy" and I have to wonder if the series and the pressure to put out new books is getting to her.

I felt as if the last book was rushed. Reflecting on the words of George R. R. Martin...


It is worth remembering that Jack Vance published the third volume of his wonderful Demon Prince series (THE PALACE OF LOVE) in 1967 and the fourth volume (THE FACE) in 1979. And need I mention how long J.R.R. Tolkien worked on THE LORD OF THE RINGS or THE SILMARILLION? Does anyone now wish that he had knocked them out faster?

In the end, the only thing anyone remembers about a book is how good it was.


I wonder if she remembers that.

Yes but Tolkien worked years on the books like 15 all together. Then they were publish one by one... 1954, 1955, 1956 then all together. So that is how it worked. I loved the 5th one. Hell of a lot better thatn Number 4 plus she worked on it for 3 years.

And Mike.... shut up my crazy Scottie. :D

Wow I can't believe she actually released that title I am in uber shock. Just a couple days ago me and other Potterheads were discussing that the book six title would be Harry Potter and the Pillar of Storgé. We had theories about it and everything and stuff we thought were frealy cool and could really tie in to the series. But now we acutally have a confirmed title... wow...So lets talk about it... Who is the Half-blood prince?!

And sammie was right. JKR said that there would be something that was small importance in CoS and would play a HUGE part in the next books...

But theories about Neville? How can he have royal blood in him. We know who is parents are and his grandmother, and she certainly is no queen figure....
And he is also pureblood, right?

Urggg... *goes to read CoS and jots down notes on who this person could be*

Every Harry Potter fan should go to www.mugglenet.com (http://www.mugglenet.com) because that is the best Harry Potter site in the world and has plenty of book and movie info.

<3 Maggie

The series Cirque Du Freak is a very well known series around the world. J.K. loves the series, and has commented on every one of Darren Shan's books in the series. Intresting enough... the series in about book 6-7 becomes about how the main character (a half vampire) because on of the Princes of the vampires. Hence, A HALF BLOOD PRINCE.
I think Snape will turn out to be some kind of vampire type person. I dunno, he just seems like that to me.

Edit: This (http://www.geocities.com/severusnapefc/vampiretheory.htm) is interesting reading.

i agree with luna, neville is pure blood, so he can't be the half blood prince.

no one knows the release date. jk rowling is being quit silent about it. but the wait is worth it, yep.

Yes but Tolkien worked years on the books like 15 all together. Then they were publish one by one... 1954, 1955, 1956 then all together. So that is how it worked. I loved the 5th one. Hell of a lot better thatn Number 4 plus she worked on it for 3 years.

And Mike.... shut up my crazy Scottie. :D

The Hobbit was released in 1937 and the Silmarillion was released in 1977.

The Hobbit was released in 1937 and the Silmarillion was released in 1977.

the silmarillion was released decades after the hobbit and wasnt released by jrr tolkien, but by his son. it actually wasnt even finished, his son kinda pieced things together and did a bit of that book.


does anyone think mark evans might be the half blood prince??

The Hobbit was released in 1937 and the Silmarillion was released in 1977.

I just finished reading The Hobbit tonight for the first time. I am a JRR tolkein virgin, and haven't even see any of The Lord of the Rings movies yet. I can't believe I waited so long to read the book. I remember my older brother reading all of them with a passion, and he is only two years older than me. I remember seeing copies of the books everywhere as I was growing up, but for some reason, I was never into fantasy.

A friend of mine got me into reading Harry Potter, and I have read all of the the books since then. I have noted some similarities between HP and the Hobbit. I can say after reading The Hobbit that if I had to wait for the next installment to come out, I most certainly would have some expectations, so I am glad that the whole series was written before I was born. I intend to read The Lord of the Ring series before I actually see any of the movies.

It is unfortunate that there is so much expectation surrounding Harry Potter, but from what I have read about J.K. Rowling, she already had the whole story laid out before it ever became as popular as it is now.

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although I dont read Harry Potter, that does sound like a really good name for a book.

i think it's neville longbottom. his importance in the series increases with every new book.

or it could be a new character entirely.

yeah i agree with you ;)

YEAH! The next HP book will be called Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!! I can't wait!!!
I have never read the first one yet, I guess I have some catching up to do. :D Actually, I was wanting to wait until all the movies came out so I can compare the movies to the books, well, I guess I'd have to buy them first :rolleyes:

I think Snape will turn out to be some kind of vampire type person. I dunno, he just seems like that to me.

Edit: This (http://www.geocities.com/severusnapefc/vampiretheory.htm) is interesting reading.WOAH, now I acually believe that Snape is a vampire :eek:

and lpectso (http://evboard.com/member.php?u=29159) I love Mugglenet.com!

I read only 3 first parts of HP. But I'd rather compltely different literature. I thin HP is the biggest success in world's literature. You say...."Harry Potter and the half-blood prince". I'm wondering how it will sound in polish. Umm...I think "Harry Potter i pół krwista księżniczka".Yeah, great title :D

yeah i agree with you ;)

You agree that a pureblood is going to become the halfblood prince?

Am I the only one who really reads these books? I'm starting to think so.

There is already a thread for stuff to do with HP --->http://evboard.com/showthread.php?t=698&highlight=harry+potter, but anyway, I can see the resemblance to the Darren Shan saga as well. By the way, I love that series:D I can't wait till the sixth book (in HP) comes out.

You agree that a pureblood is going to become the halfblood prince?

Am I the only one who really reads these books? I'm starting to think so.

Exactly lol. Maybe Seamus...I'm not too familiar with his background though.

EDIT: Actually I bet it's Malfoy. And Lucius Malfoy cheated on Narcissa :D

fizzy that thread is different.

When I talked about Tolkien I was talking about LOTR. Tolkien wasn't sure if he wanted to write more and when he decided to he wrote them with a huge War going one (thus all the East is bad and West is good contexts) I did a huge report on him in my English Lit class my freshman year of college.

I cannot wait for the book.

I thought Neville was pureblood. I could be wrong though.

In book 5 they say voldemort chose the half-blood (Harry), and not the pureblood as his enemy. And Neville was the other child who was said to be an enemy to voldemort. So I assume he is pureblood :-/

luna is right. i completely forgot that neville was a pureblood when i wrote that.

it's been awhile since i've read CoS (my least favorite book out of all them), but maybe then it's hagrid? hagrid is a half blood (half giant half human, i think), he was a small part of CoS (being blamed for keep Aragog in Hogwarts whom they thought was responsible for the killing).

but it could something even smaller than that. just like the magically appearing bathroom at the winter ball in GoF was very important in OotP (their defense against the dark arts training room). who knows?

although i might be horrendously wrong again.

I'd be more likely to go with Hagrid than a more obvious character, as Hagrid being a prince would be so unexpected. The unexpected stuff seems to be the stuff that happens most often with HP books.

my first guess was seamus. seamus is a half-blood and it's been mentioned at least a few times in the series. it was also in the movie for PS/SS. i was always under the impression that the little things kept in the movies are the things that jo rowling asked to be kept in. ive read how shed be like "oh but you cant cut that out cause in a future book thatd be really important etc etc"

and to me the whole 2nd book was generally about the extreeeeme racism toward muggle-borns and half-bloods. maybe seamus was one of the people that got attacked by the basilisk in CoS but in the end it got cut out and the gist of it got put aside for book six?

anyway, that was my theory for seamus.

my other [and much more preferred] guess is: tom muhfucking riddle :D
why? tom is sexy. i like tom. i've been in love with tom ever since i first read him. he's my #2 love [sirius being my dead sexy #1 ..so i guess hes sort-of my #1 now? id never replace sirius though. fuck im rambling!]. tom should appear more. haha.
all teenage-girl-ness aside, ive found rescently that jo rowling doesnt necessarily consider tom and voldemort to be the same person [dobby considers them as different people too]. and i guess tom is in a way prince-ish. i mean, hes a descendant of salazar slytherin. and he's half blood. and he was the big racist of CoS.
GAH I HOPE ITS TOM. TOMTOMTOM. PLEASE TOM. *geek*
Nope, its not Tom. J.K.R. said its neither Voldy or Harry.

http://jkrowling.com


This is to hard!

I agree that it could be Seamus. He is the only one that really mentions that he is a half blood
about hagrid being the half-prince.. ... that is very interesting actually. because he is a "half giant" "half wizard" character.. ...

TOM RIDDLE?!?!? Wait a minute. he IS Lord Voldemort. I know you mentioned that JK doesn't think of them as one person, but really he is. He WAS tom riddle before he was lord voldemort. same person, two different names.

i hope this book is happier than book five. i just hated that book. i dunno why. probably because it was so dark. lol

Yeah but wasn't Tom Riddle in CoS really just a memory or something? So that would make him a seperate person...

I think the books will keep getting darker. Although I do hate Harry's bad moods all through book 5.

true he was just a memory.. ...
i wonder where the diary went? i'm sure it's somewhere. lol

are you saying that tom riddle is the "half-prince"? i don't get it. meh i hope his character doesn't come back

yea i think the books will get darker and darker. meh i think harry will die at the end
:( i know it sucks, but that's what i think!!!! it would be too fairy tale for him to live and be all happy and marry cho chang and become an auror.. ... but it would make a lot of people sad if he did die will killing voldemort.

I don't mean this to sound pessimistic, but I don't like things that have such happy endings, especially if it's like a long-running series. And I don't mean I like them to have bad endings either.
I like them to be left really open. I hate when everything is tied up nicely with all the bad guys dead and everybody all happy, etc.
I'm really interested to see how this is going to end, and I'm hoping there's some mystery in it.

JK said in an interview on CNN that the Half Blood Prince had nothing to do with Voldemort. Maybe she is trying to throw us for a loop.

i'm pretty content with the fact/rumor/whatever that harry is going to die killing voldemort. wasnt that part of trelawney's prophecy?

I think that would be a good ending too.

Uhhh I don't remember much about OotP (I really need to re-read it). :confused:

The HBP cud be Dudley.... he's in all da boox, n Petunia cud be a wizard.... and what Dumbledore n her just know cud be that he removed her magic, so dudley's half-blooded, lol.

petunia doesn't have any wizard blood in her, just like her sister lily. lily's harry's muggle half, if you'll remember. she's what makes harry half-blooded in the first place.
the only way that dudley could possibly be half-blooded is if vernon dursley is all of a sudden a full-blooded wizard. it would be pretty lame of JKR to pull that on us, wouldn't it?
Fuck me. I ferking forgot it ^_^' i feel ashamed of myself....
Well... maybe dumbledore removed petunia's magic, they've got a deal, what could it be? there's also Dumbedores 'Remember my last....'

well maybe petunia is the full blooded wizard.. ... just because lily wasn't a wizard doesn't mean that petunia is.
petunia must have a better connection with the wizard people. .... i know that dumbledore sent her a letter when he dropped off harry and all that jazz, but how would she know about azkaban and the dementors??? could that really be explained in a letter? PLUS why would the dementors be after dudley in the last book? this all seems fishy to me. i believe she does have some connection to the wizarding world.

I agree... but i dunno... she may b a squib....

I agree... but i dunno... she may b a squib....

My sisters and I think that. She may be a squib. We also think that Lily and Petunia have a connection to Voldemort too. Why would he of asked Lily to step aside so he could kill Harry when he was a baby? Just something to chew on.

It'd be really funny if it was Malfoy, since he thinks he's so pure and then to find out he'd only be a half blood. I can't wait until August now. It'll be a must have for that month.

My sisters and I think that. She may be a squib. We also think that Lily and Petunia have a connection to Voldemort too. Why would he of asked Lily to step aside so he could kill Harry when he was a baby? Just something to chew on.


But if she was a squib why would she be so against magic?


idk

ok first off, lily and petunia's family history is unknown!!!!!!!!

i think it is possible that petunia is a squib. her reason for hating the magic world is cuz she didnt get to be a part of it, cuz she cant do magic(think of filch, he hates the students cuz they can do magic). the quotes in the first book that petunia said "my parents were so happy, we have a witch in the family" or something similiar, could mean that her parents were happy that all their kids werent squibs. and there possibly is more than those 2 kids in that family, they may have more siblings and such. but again its not known!!!!!!

theres some of you that will not believe this theory, it is possible.

This is a hoax.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/uk/newsid_3847000/3847293.stm

Even though the rumoured title was different in the UK.

I am really enjoying reading these posts. I am loving the fact that people are commenting on the "It could be Tom Riddle" thing. JKR said that it IS NOT Voldemort... but yea.. Tom and Voldemort are kind of two diferent people.....like anakin and Vader.... Tom kind of died when Voldemort could over and anakin died when Vader took over... you see? It would be pretty sneaky of JKR to do... as we like to call it.."pull a dobby" like in CoS.

I also like the Hagrid comments. Hagrid was halfwizard blood. He is also half human and half giant blood. We dont relaly know what half blood she is referring to . We all might think that she means half wizard blood but we really dont know do we?

Another comment I would like to make, I dont think anyone has thought of Nearly Headless Nick. Since his real name is SIR Nicholas de Whimsy Porpington, I would think he has some noble blood in him. He was a knight. And his deathday party was just a small thing in CoS but I dunno. i thought JKR said that ghosts would play a more important part and we would learn more about them. Hmmm I dunno....

what do you guys think?

This is a hoax.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/uk/newsid_3847000/3847293.stm

Even though the rumoured title was different in the UK.

HBP (Half Blood Prince) was confirmed by Jo herself.

Tuesday 29 June 2004

Title of Book Six: The Truth
Well, the door opened at last and I showed you the title of book six - the genuine title, the title that will appear on the published book, the title I have been using in my head for ages and ages. Unfortunately, however, the door opened on the very same day the 'Pillar of Storgé' hoaxer struck, which left a lot of Harry Potter fans bemused as to whether I was having a joke at their expense by posting another fake title to 'teach hoaxers a lesson', something I certainly wouldn't do, as it would simply frustrate, confuse or annoy the 99.9% of you who aren't hoaxers! I tried to give a clear hint that the title behind the door was the real one by making the 'Toenail' joke as well (see 'Rumours'). But just to clear up matters once and for all…

Information you take directly from this site will be truthful and accurate (I might occasionally joke, but as time goes on, you'll learn to tell when I'm joking). Do not trust anybody else claiming to have found information on this site that you cannot access, however seemingly convincing the images they provide to support their story.

I never post information on the site that I do not want fans to read immediately. In other words, anybody claiming to have 'discovered' a message that wasn't due for release yet is lying. There was never anything meaningful behind the door until the 'Do Not Disturb' sign came off!

The 'Pillar of Storgé' was never my title, and I did not change it at the eleventh hour because I was 'found out' (I nearly fell off my chair giggling when I read this).

I was delighted to see that a hard core of super-bright fans knew that the real title was once, in the long distant past, a possibility for 'Chamber of Secrets', and from that deduced that it was genuine. Certain crucial pieces of information in book six were originally planned for 'Chamber of Secrets', but very early on (first draft of Chamber) I realised that this information's proper home was book six. I have said before now that 'Chamber' holds some very important clues to the ultimate end of the series. Not as many as six, obviously, but there is a link.

Anyway: if you continue to exercise patience, you will find that the Do Not Disturb Door opens again… and again… giving you further hints about book six. 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.

Its totally confirmed. I saw it on CNN said by her.

something intresting...

she said it was the original title for CoS... meaning somehow its tied to CoS.

Section: Extra Stuff
Nearly Headless Nick
In the first draft of 'Chamber of Secrets', Nick sang a self-penned ballad explaining how his head had (nearly) come off. My editor was not very fond of the song and so I cut it. However, for those who are curious, here is the story of Nick's decapitation in his own moving words.
It was a mistake any wizard could make
Who was tired and caught on the hop
One piffling error, and then, to my terror,
I found myself facing the chop.
Alas for the eve when I met Lady Grieve
A-strolling the park in the dusk!
She was of the belief I could straighten her teeth
Next moment she'd sprouted a tusk.
I cried through the night that I'd soon put her right
But the process of justice was lax;
They'd brought out the block, though they'd mislaid the rock
Where they usually sharpened the axe.
Next morning at dawn, with a face most forlorn,
The priest said to try not to cry,
"You can come just like that, no, you won't need a hat,"
And I knew that my end must be nigh.
The man in the mask who would have the sad task
Of cleaving my head from my neck,
Said "Nick, if you please, will you get to your knees,"
And I turned to a gibbering wreck.
"This may sting a bit" said the cack-handed twit
As he swung the axe up in the air,
But oh the blunt blade! No difference it made,
My head was still definitely there.
The axeman he hacked and he whacked and he thwacked,
"Won't be too long", he assured me,
But quick it was not, and the bone-headed clot
Took forty-five goes 'til he floored me.
And so I was dead, but my faithful old head
It never saw fit to desert me,
It still lingers on, that's the end of my song,
And now, please applaud, or you'll hurt me.


i wonder if he is the HBP?

That is really interesting. Hmmm

something intresting...

she said it was the original title for CoS... meaning somehow its tied to CoS.
Also, parts of the story were meant for CoS, but she decided they fit better later on in the series.

I think it may be Tom... it's not coz i stopped thinking it could be Dudders, but... the HBP appears on CoS, maybe the HBP is Colin... dunno....

Jo alwais drivin' us crazy

I think it is Hagrid too! Why?

He hates the half-blood shit that goes on between wizards and his mother is in a giant colony, shes probably a queen. My boyfriend was like O.O duh omg!! lol. I think that whole book will be him trying to hide from Voldermort and finding out what Hagrid has to do with it all and stuff. Fun!! :D

Maybe Hagrid is... it's getting mad, lets see if Jo hurries....
(a Go! 4 Jo!!)

hm...uh, you confused me all :o ....i have no clue who it is...every person could have so good arguments...i think i have to read the book in english again:), like the last one, because there are sooooooo much days until it get out in german...and i will not go to this tread after i have read it:D

one more thing:

i don't think lucius malfoy could bear to as much as touch a muggle-born woman. but to go as far as cheating on narcissa with a muggle? OKAY HI HE'D DIE OF THE COOTIES.

i think narcissa would know that draco isnt her kid if he popped out of another woman's vagina. and a muggle one at that. she's a black! she'd destroy draco!

OMFG I'm so dumb lol...I can't believe I forgot all that, although I was seriously joking when I made up that theory and didn't think it through properly. Good point about the vagina thing...
I am seriously not this dumb most of the time
:D

Finally i think it may be Tom, there'sno one else who could be, Jo was gonna call the CoS the HBP, so; there's no clue of who it is. is there?

My dad is a Harry Potter fan (he's who got me hooked in the first place) so I just ran out to the living room, woke him up, and told him.

Yea, I don't think he appreciated the waking up part. He'll be more excited when he's actually awake.

Whoops.

wo!! i can't wait to read it!!

Watched CoS again today...

Tom: "My filthy mudblood father's name..."

I THINK TOM! OR NEARLY HEADLESS NICK! EITHER ONE!

It could very well be Tom. She sais it wasnt Voldemort... but she could "pull a dobby" again... Ok did anyone mention Seamus? But hes not really tied to CoS, but I remember that he is a half blood.

when i first read "half-blood prince", i thought it may allude to half Muggle-half wiz..

a vamp as 'half-blood prince'? don't start me on the age old 'half empty/half full' again

[QUOTE=Jasmine]sirius being my dead sexy #1[QUOTE]

lol you dooo mean DEAD sexy

Yeah but wasn't Tom Riddle in CoS really just a memory or something? So that would make him a seperate person...

I think the books will keep getting darker. Although I do hate Harry's bad moods all through book 5.
yeah he had male pms and was like oh man my friends lied to me to save the order now im pissed and i was like SHUT UP

My sisters and I think that. She may be a squib. We also think that Lily and Petunia have a connection to Voldemort too. Why would he of asked Lily to step aside so he could kill Harry when he was a baby? Just something to chew on.
maybe tom had a crush on lily and voldie had a little of that in him? ehhh no prolly no but hey

But if she was a squib why would she be so against magic?


idk
cuz she cant use it not all squibs like magic folk look at filch

[QUOTE=Jasmine]
about the dementors thing.. petunia overheard james telling lily about them. i was just reading that chapter a few nights ago =]

dementors arent the nicest of creatures. they attack anything they can get their hands on, they're quite selfish. remember in PoA? they were only supposed to get sirius but they went after harry too. when the quidditch match was going on.. they came cause they felt all the excitement and just couldnt resist.
[QUOTE]

yes but this could be a lie so vernon doesnt find out!

and on the second thing what where they doing on privet drive or w/e trying to find harry?!?!?!? if so why and thy feed off happyness what did dudly hav to be happy about hes an ass hole

HOLY MOTHER OF FUCK!!! if i see you making SO many posts in a row again i'm BANNING. - MiniMod

Woah, EmmaJade, quindruple posting is a big no-no.

I'm thinking it'll be Tom. (And also hoping :D )

JKR made a point of stating how she sees Tom and Voldemort as two different people, and then specifically said that Voldemort wasn't the HBP.
And also the clues that are meant to be in CoS. Oh, and the quote someone posted above about Tom's father.

Eh? :confused: Wasn't Tom like, completely destroyed when Harry put the fang through the 'memory' book?? And didn't Dumbledore or someone say he couldn't come back (in that form?). I might be wrong about that part, but I'm pretty sure he's 'dead'.

Eh? :confused: Wasn't Tom like, completely destroyed when Harry put the fang through the 'memory' book?? And didn't Dumbledore or someone say he couldn't come back (in that form?). I might be wrong about that part, but I'm pretty sure he's 'dead'.

That wasnt actually Tom Riddle, that was a MEMORY of Tom Riddle.

Woah, EmmaJade, quindruple posting is a big no-no.
sorry i had alot to say to different people and i for got you can edit posts *goes and sits in corner of room for time out*

im sorry but i dont think its tom. that would be too obvious and jk has a way of making u think one thing and then it turns out to be comething completely different.

Eh? :confused: Wasn't Tom like, completely destroyed when Harry put the fang through the 'memory' book?? And didn't Dumbledore or someone say he couldn't come back (in that form?). I might be wrong about that part, but I'm pretty sure he's 'dead'.

Thats what I thought.

Maybe its Dean, is he a half-blood? Or Colin Creavy (sp?) lol,maybe not Colin.

I acually think its going to be a whole new character.

im sorry but i dont think its tom. that would be too obvious and jk has a way of making u think one thing and then it turns out to be comething completely different.
Yes but maybe that's what she wants you to think ;)

Yes but maybe that's what she wants you to think


i doubt that, shes A LOT more clever than everyone thinks. and i really mean A LOT!!!!!!

true he was just a memory.. ...
i wonder where the diary went? i'm sure it's somewhere. lol

:( i know it sucks, but that's what i think!!!! it would be too fairy tale for him to live and be all happy and marry cho chang and become an auror.. ... but it would make a lot of people sad if he did die will killing voldemort.

The diary was destroyed when Harry stabbed it with the fang, remember? :)
Unless Dumbledore had a sinister plan, I doubt he would have kept it.

Daniel Radcliffe said he thinks Harry will die and I've seen it coming for some time now. It just seems so unlikely he could get rid of Moldiesnort without sacrificing himself. I'm not exactly expecting a happy ending (how could there possibly be one?) but I would be pleased if J.K found a way to wrap it up nicely without being too schmalzy.

Half Blood Prince? AWESOME!!!!!!! I can't wait!!! :p Í'm sure it's not Dudley, Lily's parents were definately Muggles - the books say so.

Thats what I thought.

Maybe its Dean, is he a half-blood? Or Colin Creavy (sp?) lol,maybe not Colin.

I acually think its going to be a whole new character.

I agree. I think that it will be a whole new character. But it would be a LOT cooler if it was someone we knew and we were all shocked and for guesing purposes. So when I read who it is, I can say, HA! I knew it! :p :D

agreed. lol

hehe moldismort? haha i love it.

i hope it's not a totally new character... there are so many characters already. i dunno.

Ok, I didn't really bother to go through all of the 6 pages of this, so soz if this has been said before.. But I reckon the Half Blood Prince is Neville (I know this has been said, it was said on the first page already :p)... If I remember correctly they did talk about him being born on the same day as Harry in the Chamber of Secrets. There's also a lot of clues in Order of the Phoenix suggesting that it's him. Rememeber; Voldemort killed Harry's parents right, but he also made Nevilles parents go insane or whatever cos he feared that it was one of them..
But yeah, I'm just blabbing. Soz =P

Its not Neville. He is a full blood.

It probably will turn out to be a new character. And all this is just JK and all her trickery making people guess that it's someone we've seen before :D

Ha, I don't think I can keep one solid opinion on this. :D

Just because they named it doesn't mean it'll be out soon :)

I remember I was like the first person to know the name of the 5th book :p And it didn't come out for another 2 years after that.

But I still can't wait...seriously but the 5th book disapointed me. This one better be good.

Just because they named it doesn't mean it'll be out soon :)

I remember I was like the first person to know the name of the 5th book :p And it didn't come out for another 2 years after that.

But I still can't wait...seriously but the 5th book disapointed me. This one better be good.
It did how?


Anyhow, J.K.R. said that they with be hardly any more foreign people in the book like there was in the 4th book. So the prince I bet will be a Brit.

Ah yes, I meant the memory of Tom Riddle was defeated and lost, so I'm pretty sure it can't be him, as he can't come back to life again now and regenerate himself like he tried to do before with Ginny.

Y'know, it might not be anything to do with the HBP's blood at all...it could have a completely metaphorical meaning rather than a literal meaning as in half muggle, half witch. I think the only thing we really have to go on here is that it's male.

Anyway, I think I'll go with the theory that it's either going to be a completely new character, or a not-so-prominent one so far. Such as Neville. I know he had a larger part in OotP, but I remember JK saying it would get larger.

tom riddle came back once in the form of a memory. but i really doubt he will be able to come back like that again. tom is a char from 50years b4 harry's time. its not an easy task to make him come back.

but alot of ppl are talking about harry dying. u know jk said that the 3rd movie had a lot of clues on the upcoming books. i really think that macbeth thing has a lot to do with it. the ending of the story fits in so perfectly i think. but also its a tragedy, so everyone might die then.

sadly enough it would still mean harry might not die.

they alternate the years.

like one year movie, the next a book.

however, the PoA movie came out this year. but the book wont be ready so they are releasing the GoF movie next year and the book would be in 06.

so don't get too too hyped up just yet.

2006?!? That's just evil!

i dont think its gonna be 2006. the only reason why the 5th book took so long is cuz jk was dealing with a lawsuit and a stalker and that cut into her writing time. other than that the books were all released about 2 years apart. and the 6th book is gonna be as big as the 5th so im guessing its only gonna be another year till it comes out. and if she already released the title i think that means shes at least half way thru with it.

hey thanks for posting "half blood prince" *ponders* i wonder who it is???
maybe someone in the book? maybe someone new?
I CANT WAIT!!!! *searches jk rowlings house for drafts*

I think we'll have to wait a year until this new book comes out.. ..
JK said that it wasn't coming out soon.
check out her website : www.jkrowling.com it is awesome. and there are little secrets ALL over the place.
notice the "do not disturb" sign over the door.. ... when that is off, then i think more secrets will be revealed.

Heheh I dont know if we should hold our breaths for one year... It will prolly be more than that. As much as JKR rules, she is like the slowest writer ever.

But anyway... here is an avatar I found at my HP board I post at... it made my giggle...
http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v13/nagini/halfbloodprinceav.bmp
:D :D :D :D

i don't think lucius malfoy could bear to as much as touch a muggle-born woman. but to go as far as cheating on narcissa with a muggle? OKAY HI HE'D DIE OF THE COOTIES.

My friend thinks that Lucius Malfoy is a Veela, making Malfoy half blood (half wizard half veela.) I don't think he is, he isn't pretty enough ;). Part of me wants malfoy to be half blood, for being such a bastard to Hermione and the whole "Mudblood" snobbery. (ByTheWay The cooties part made me giggle. :D)

Anyway I thought it was definately Seamus. They make a point of letting us know he's half blood in the movies. But really he's not a very important character is he? I'd find it really disapointing if it was him.

I'm starting to think it could be Snape. He was a deatheater (wasn't he, I'm pretty sure it said he was, or hinted at it at least. I haven't read the books for a while) maybe he was Voldemorts 2nd in command. The Half Blood Prince might refer to the past. We might find out more about the past events during Voldemorts time of power.

Finally it could also be Tom Riddle. 1) As other people have said he was not Voldemort when he was Tom. 2) This title was almost used for chamber of secrets, the book where Tom Riddle was prominent in the plot.

Or maybe it's a totally new person. But that'd piss me off, because then I won't have been right at all. :(

I thought Veelas were female?

I thought that but then I thought, how do you get more veela's.

They're magical... there would be some way lol.

IUt sud be zoofilic.... lol; well i also think Veelas are just Femaleand getting more veelas cud be... some kinda phoenix, lol; when they die a nu one borns from them (haha, like my imagination?)

hmm i think veela's can only be female????
they can mate with normal ppl to make more veela babies. lol i suppose... ...

did u guys know crookshanks isn't 100% Feline?? very interesting.. ...

i'm still wondering who the half-blood is.. ... damn this is annoying me.. ... all signs point to seamus but then that would be way to easy!

did u guys know crookshanks isn't 100% Feline?? very interesting.. ...
Yeah that was in one of the charity books.
I think it was called 'Magic Beasts and Where to Find Them' or something along those lines.

tada you are correct :)
i never even knew that before. huh. the things you learn .lol
i own that book and the other one.. .. the quidditch one. they are great.

I have them both too. I prefer the Beasts one to the Quidditch one. Also, I loved the little notes scribbled in it that were meant to be from Harry and co. :D

Here's one no one has considered... Colin Creepsly..

Comments?

Here's one no one has considered... Colin Creepsly..

Comments?


Haha no I dont think so. Colin is pure muggle born. He cant be half blood. :)

edit: Oh, and btw way you guys, Crookshanks is half kneazel... :p

im still sticking with Hagrid or Nearly Headless... i dont think Seamus is.

I think it's Dean Thomas personally, and an '05 release would be awesome (Elektra and Harry Potter book/movie in the same year *dies*), but i don't think it'll happen. I really do hope she hurries it up though, I'll be in my late teens if she takes this long on the rest of them..

Here's one no one has considered... Colin Creepsly..

Comments?

I also thought about him... but, Ryddles easier... (though i aint sure at all)

My 9 year old sister is wanting my 19 year old sis and I to all sit down and come up with our theories. She loves doing that. She is going through Movie 2 right now trying to find clues.

actually i think there ar veela men, but they might be called something else. fleur is only part veela, so somewhere there one of her relatives mated with a regular person. so there must be some sort of veela men to make a full veela.

So...Much...Reading...
Oh I like the idea of Snape being half vampire, but JKR said she doesn't think there is any relation between him and vamps.
Tom Riddle can't be because he doesn't really exist anymore. His memory was in the diary, but Tom eventually disappeared and Voldy sprouted up.
Remus is a half blood but I totally forgot who remus is! :)

HAhah Drogn of bad Faith... nice Avatar.... :D

IT. IS. NOT. TOM. RIDDLE. Sorry, but it can't be him. How can it be?

Awesome, thanks for posting! I just spent the last 30 minutes on J.K. Rowling's website, which I'd never seen before. ^_^

Here's one no one has considered... Colin Creepsly..

Comments?

I've considered him!

:feels sad:

I posted it a while ago.....:(

JK!!!!!!!!! (not about the posting, but feeling sad)

Remus is a half blood but I totally forgot who remus is! :)
I can hardly remember the character names anymore lol.
I thought he was the werewolf?

I can hardly remember the character names anymore lol.
I thought he was the werewolf?

He is.


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He is.
Ohhhh maybe I remember more than I thought.
But seriously, I need to re-read 4 & 5. I remember all the stupid things about 4, but none of the big important ones. And I was so rushed to get through OotP at that time that I don't remember any of it now.

Ohhhh maybe I remember more than I thought.
But seriously, I need to re-read 4 & 5. I remember all the stupid things about 4, but none of the big important ones. And I was so rushed to get through OotP at that time that I don't remember any of it now.

It was a bit too fast paced. And IMO, was a bit like a high-techy book where your brain just gets all jumbled up and....yea.

And also considering how I finished it in 3 days....*swirly eyes*

Half blood prince? Whheeee! *goes to find some clues* So, let's see, it's pretty much down to Seamus, Malfoy, Hagrid, Tom, Remus and Snape? With all the given facts...

actually ive heard about another character that was supposed to be in book 2 but was cut out. jk has recently said in interviews that she will be putting this character in the next book. this character is the weasley cousin. anyone heard of it??? might very well be them, or some character we dont know about yet.

Didn't Molly Weasly say once that she had a cousin who was married to a Muggle?? I can't remember. That could be it.

oh yea, i do remember molly mentioning that!!!
that would be really cool.
i can't wait for this book aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Was that on JK's site?
Cause I can't remember where I read it. She also said something about the cousin being like a rival to Hermione or something I think

actually i think some of the interviews where jk mentions it are on muggle.net. im pretty sure thats where i heard it. and i think if this character is the half blood prince, it will be a really good book.

actually i think some of the interviews where jk mentions it are on muggle.net. im pretty sure thats where i heard it. and i think if this character is the half blood prince, it will be a really good book.

It would be a really good book, only the the half blood prince would be a girl.

<H3>Mafalda (Goblet of Fire)

I have spoken before now about the Weasley cousin who made it quite a long way into 'Goblet of Fire' before I cut her. I really liked her as a character and did not want to sacrifice her, but she just wasn't doing the job she was supposed to do so she had to go.

Mafalda was the daughter of the 'second cousin who's a stockbroker' mentioned in 'Philosopher's Stone'. This stockbroker had been very rude to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley in the past, but now he and his (Muggle) wife had inconveniently produced a witch, they came back to the Weasleys asking for their help in introducing her to wizarding society before she starts at Hogwarts. The Weasleys agreed to taking her for part of the Summer, including the Quidditch World Cup, but regretted this almost immediately. Mrs. Weasley suspected that Mafalda's parents simply wanted to get rid of her for a while, because she turns out to be the most unpleasant child Mrs. Weasley has ever met.

Mafalda was supposed to convey certain information about the Death Eaters to Harry, Ron and Hermione, because as a nosy, eavesdropping Slytherin who likes to impress, she does not keep her mouth shut when she overhears their sons and daughters talking. Unfortunately, however bright I made her, there were obvious limitations to what an eleven year old closeted at school could discover, whereas Rita Skeeter, whom I subsequently built up to fulfil Mafalda's function, was much more flexible.

The best thing about Mafalda was that she was a match for Hermione. To the latter's horror, Mafalda was highly gifted and a real show-off, so that Hermione was torn between deploring the rule-breaking and longing to join in and beat her.

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It would be a really good book, only the the half blood prince would be a girl.
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Yeah, I read that before but it can't be her...PRINCE , people.

thats right, the cousin was a girl. well that gives us another person who "might" be harrys next gf.

Rubeus Hagrid: Hagrid is my favorite bet for Half-Blood Prince. Being one of, if not the major character in Chamber of Secrets aside from Harry himself, he certainly fills the role of being the subject for the title of the book. Also, from the information that we have been given in the books, Hagrid is the only character that we know of who actually is a Half-Blood Prince! Hagrid was born to a wizard (his father) and Queen Fridwulfa of the Giants, technically making him Half-Blooded (as he's half human) and a Prince (being that his mother was a Queen). He is by far one of the most mysterious characters in the series, and only as we learn more about him do we realize exactly the awkward position he has in life. As he has gone back to the Giants in order to gain their support against Voldemort, it is more than possible that there will be a large future plot revolving around his struggle (and even the struggle of Grawp, the giant which he 'saved' in Order of the Phoenix) with the Giants and with the Giant within himself. There are any number of plot-lines that could be seen from this, maybe Hagrid goes back to lead a tribe of giants? Maybe he adopts more and keeps them in the forest, teaching them English and proper table manners? The possibilities are endless.

Albus Dumbledore: While Hagrid is by far the front-runner in my view, Albus Dumbledore is also another character that could be the Half-Blood Prince. Despite the fact that he is also one of the most pivotal and main characters, we know very little about the Headmaster, really. What we do know is that he has a brother, Albeforth, who has magical abilities (being that he performed improper charms on goats). This is important because it has never been revealed whether or not what “blood” Dumbledore comes from. My guess is that he is half-blooded (his father being the muggle and his mother being a witch), based on the fact that he has a magical sibling (it would seem against the odds to have two muggle-borns in the same family) and that the surname 'Dumbledore' has never been attributed to any other character in the modern wizarding world (in the way that the 'Prewett', 'Bones', etc. have been). He certainly has a role in Chamber of Secrets that only makes the reader ask more questions about him. How did he get Fawkes in the first place? How did he come across Godric Gryffindor's sword? Also, wouldn't it be rather like JK Rowling to have a Prince be over one hundred-fifty years old? Things tend to defy expectation in the wizarding world, no?

Those are very interesting theories Dragn

Mkay I have a theory.. I have heard one floating around for a lil while and i like it...OK since everyone is infatuated with "It has to tie in with someone in COS!!!" well you know Harry's whole crisis of am I a Gryfindor or a Slytherin? Well that was a big part of CoS, and pulling the sword out of the hat thing. Well Gryfindor's symbol is a lion, becuase it is known for its bravery and of course to be a Gryfindor, you have to have courage...And the royal arms of England include three GOLD lions on a RED background... thus tying in the fact that our HBP could be a Gryfindor... or perhaps it was Gryffindor himself.......which leads me to another theory that I think Harry is a decendent even though lots of questions were answered in book 5 about that.... but I dunno.

well if anyone has been to jks site recently they know that mark evans is out. apparently hes just a nobody who needed a name.

very true jas very true.

Oh yeah...I agree with the Hagrid theory...who'd think big, bumbling, humble Hagrid could be a prince? I'd like him to be anyway...BUT I have a feeling that it isn't someone alive...as in, y'know in Chamber of Secrets, and they were all on about Slytherin's heir...who was Tom Riddle (I think)?? Well, it could just be someone who isn't even alive anymore...just a legend or a myth or something...I dunno, someone like Godric Gryffindor.

well if anyone has been to jks site recently they know that mark evans is out. apparently hes just a nobody who needed a name.


That is total bullplop, she cant just throw around the name "Evans" and not even think about it. Thats dumb, now I'm all disapointed that Harry cant find his long lost/brother/cousin/ whatever. I was looking forward to that even though that in OotP it was made quite clear that there was no wizard around where Harry lived but o well....

I still think the HBP will prolly be someone we havent met yet. But I dunno I have several theories.

when is it coming out on sale??

when is it coming out on sale??

The Half Blood Prince? O not for a looong time. Hehe.. maybe a couple years. who knows? :p

The Half Blood Prince? O not for a looong time. Hehe.. maybe a couple years. who knows? :p
I think less time, she said it was going fine, so i think maybe 2005's summer.... it may be ready

thats what i think too, its only gonna be about another year and it should be out. yay i cant wait!!!!!

when is it coming out on sale??
I would think in one and a half or two years
and why the giant lindsy lohan?

I would think in one and a half or two years
and why the giant lindsy lohan?


one year and a half? damn! i'll die before that happens! and about lindsay...she's the best! ;)

Aren't his glasses sexy??

Can't wait for the next book!

does anyone think mark evans might be the half blood prince??

I thought he might be as well, J.K. Rowling talks about the significance of Mark Evans on her official site....http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/faq_view.cfm?id=49

Someone also asked about Crookshanks...J.K. Rowling talks about Crookshanks Here: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/extrastuff_view.cfm?id=10

Oh yeah, this is a bit off topic, but on MTV's TRL, on July 30th, there's suppose to be a "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" behind the scenes trailer. And on some of the dedicated Harry Potter sites like: Muggle Net (http://mugglenet.com) there are pictures of some of the new characters for GoF.

jk is expecting her 3rd child!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

really!
wow that's awesome!!

thanks for the info.
lol i havn't even read the 5th one b/c I've been waiting for it to come out on paper back, that really sucks, but bad me has read spoilers on the internet.:p

on mugglenet.com they are saying trl is showing stuff on teh new harry potter movie this week. on friday they have some behind the scenes footage they are showing. so for anyone who really wants to see, go watch!!!

yay... cant wait....

What I think would be pretty funny and nteresting is if it was Ron. I mean it was Ginny who was taken in the second book, it could be coincidence but, it may like be fate or something. And not to mention it would be a cool plot twist, the boy from the lower-class Weasley family being the half-blood prince. It could happen. But I also Kinda agree on the whole Neville thing.

jk has updated her site with some interesting stuff!!!!

she has said that tom riddle is voldy!!!!! which means hes not the prince.

she also said that the cos plot does not resemble the hbp plot. the cos only relates to hbp thru something harry discovers in cos and foreshadows something in hbp.

there more there, everyone should go check out the faqs section.

jk has updated her site with some interesting stuff!!!!

she has said that tom riddle is voldy!!!!! which means hes not the prince.

she also said that the cos plot does not resemble the hbp plot. the cos only relates to hbp thru something harry discovers in cos and foreshadows something in hbp.

there more there, everyone should go check out the faqs section.

Well, yeah we knew Tom Riddle is Lord Voldemort.....did you not read the Chamber of Secrets? ;)

Well, yeah we knew Tom Riddle is Lord Voldemort.....did you not read the Chamber of Secrets?


i was actually giving the fact that tom isnt the hbp cuz thats was so many ppl believed. well ppl its been conformed that no its not. i dont think anyone knows who the hbp is, the way jk talked about it made it seem as if its a new character.

hey i just copy and pasted this from mugglenet:

In what way is 'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince' related to 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'?
...The link I mentioned between books two and six does not, in fact, relate to the 'Half-Blood Prince' (because there is no trace left of the HBP storyline in 'Chamber'.) Rather, it relates to a discovery Harry made in 'Chamber' that foreshadows something that he finds out in 'Prince'.

hmm what discovery does harry make in "chamber"???!!!

Can't wait for The book to come out and I was watch Mtv's TRL and Some time This week They are going behind the scenes Of Harry Potter 4!

umm his parcelmouth, how he has some of voldy in him. how he has courage and is a true griffindor. thats all i can think of for now.

Neville couldn't be the prince. It said so in the fifth book. Dumbledore said, "But he chose not the pure blood, which, in his opinion, is the only type of wizard worth being or knowing, but the half-breed, like himself." something like that. he was talking about harry and neville though. :)

so if Jk said ryddle and voldemort are the very same person, the prince isnt ryddle anymore, cause she's said its not voldermot

what if the name has some symbolic meaning or something and ''the half blood prince'' isn't even a person. just wait to read the books!! speculations are probably wrong anyway!

i don't really understand the fasionation with harry potter, JKR's writing is not very good; she uses clique descriptions, the charecters are one dimentional and not believable, and the events just kind of run together. she uses the advantage of fanstasy writing poorly--every time the book gets boring all of the sudden some crazy creature just pops up and ron will get scared, harry will fight it--useing hermione's knowlage of course. the books seem kind of redundent...

the term "potter head" actually made me laugh.

wounder how far the book will go this time.........

still cant wait. i love the way jk writes, its brillant!!!!

There was a short article in my local paper last week with JK, and since you can only get the beginning of it online without susbscribing, I'm typing it out for you all.

"Harry Potter author JK Rowling said Friday that one of her characters will not survive the next book in her series about the young wizard - but refused to say who would die.
Asked on her official website whether she planned to kill off any more characters, Rowling replied, "Yes, sorry."
The sixth book in the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is due to be published next year.
Potter himself is safe, at least for now. Rowling has previously said her teenage hero will survive until the seventh and final book in the series, but has refused to say whether he will reach adulthood.
"You have to wait and see if he survives to be a grown-up," Rowling said in August.
The 39-year-old author keeps the plots of her novels tightly under wraps, teasing fans with morsels of information. Before the publication of her last installment, Harry Potter and th Order of the Phoenix, she said a major character would die. Readers had to wait until the book appeared last year to discover the victim was Harry's mentor, Sirius Black."

Looks as though we'll be mourning another character....guesses anyone?

there was an article in the toronto star about the new book.
it said that harry, ron, and hermione are all pretty safe characters.. ....
perhaps it will be mcgonagall or dumbledore?! or even hagrid?
i'm thinking along those lines too. ....

I've read thet a Half-Blood Prince is a new chracter... It's interesting to know who is he...

I would like to read the book now, I am a huge fan of Harry Potter....

I think HBP could be a new character, but maybe could be Lupin, Seamus or... Hagrid? I dunno! We will wait to read!!

woo hooo!!!! ive so been waiting for this....harry potter rocks my world..haha.

this book sounds really cool....i cant wait to read it

I cant wait for the next book, reading through the thread i did think Neville...but he is pure blood so...hmm i'm not sure...i really cant wait though :D

EDIT:: Errm hagid is only half giant right? that makes him a half blood but when asked JK did say that Hagrid isn't a title character in the book....so what about GRAWP?? is he a half blood??? He seemed to carry some sort of importance in the 5th book and we never really know what the importance of his character really is do we? Is he the answer to the question? We know very little about him and is Hagrids half brother (is it via mother) so we may not have had any idea about a prince as Hagrid knows nothing about it either so it hasnt been incorporated into the story YET!!! "Half blood" we dont know half of what!!!! just an idea!

~Kate~

I cant wait for the next book, reading through the thread i did think Neville...but he is pure blood so...hmm i'm not sure...i really cant wait though :D

EDIT:: Errm hagid is only half giant right? that makes him a half blood but when asked JK did say that Hagrid isn't a title character in the book....so what about GRAWP?? is he a half blood??? He seemed to carry some sort of importance in the 5th book and we never really know what the importance of his character really is do we? Is he the answer to the question? We know very little about him and is Hagrids half brother (is it via mother) so we may not have had any idea about a prince as Hagrid knows nothing about it either so it hasnt been incorporated into the story YET!!! "Half blood" we dont know half of what!!!! just an idea!

~Kate~

well a few weeks back the door opened on jks site and gave us a clue of who the hbp is and it doesnt sound like anyone that has been introduced into teh book yet.

and since this thread has been resurrected, has anyone seen the new stuff on jks site??

I hope Harry finally scores in this next book. He really fucked his last chance up. :cool:

I hope Harry finally scores in this next book. He really fucked his last chance up. :cool:

He did indeed, but I was glad as I can't stand Cho. I'd much rather see him with Ginny.

I hope Harry finally scores in this next book. He really fucked his last chance up. :cool:


Well i have read on some site that he will score but it wont be with Cho...so who is it?

Well i have read on some site that he will score but it wont be with Cho...so who is it?


*Gasp* Hermione :eek:

Naaaah...her and Ron fit together too perfectly...Luna, I bet ;)

*Gasp* Hermione :eek:

Naaaah...her and Ron fit together too perfectly...Luna, I bet ;)

could be, but hows about Ginny??? hmm possible isn't it?

~Kate~

could be, but hows about Ginny??? hmm possible isn't it?

~Kate~


Yeah, but she doesn't seem that keen on him any more...and I can't see it happening. It would be kind of interesting to see Harry and Luna together though. I just hope he doesn't get back with Cho -_- She frickin' annoys the hell outta me.

But Luna spins me out at times!!!!! lol I just think its time he got with someone...ANYONE!

Well something i read said that it isn't cho in this book...but maybe she will be back to haunt us in the 7th! So i think we ae safe...for now!!!

Do you think Harry will live at the end?

~Kate~

But Luna spins me out at times!!!!! lol I just think its time he got with someone...ANYONE!

Well something i read said that it isn't cho in this book...but maybe she will be back to haunt us in the 7th! So i think we ae safe...for now!!!

Do you think Harry will live at the end?

~Kate~


I think maybe he will, but something'll happen to him that'll change him forever. I think kind of like a disability, but more drastic...I dunno what though. One of the trio I think will die, dunno who though. I don't think he can die. That would be way too wrong...JK wouldn't do that to us :p

Lol okay im on JK's site atm, and i got this from the rumors "crookshanks is an animagus" and JK wrote this "no he's not, but he's not pure cat either" well that certainly confused me...i always thought he was going to turn out to be a animagus hmm :)

I pretty sure Harry will live aswell...i think Ron will be the one of the three that dies if one of the three do! :D (im not sure why)


~Kate~

i just heard an interview done a while ago with jk and she was talking about the death thing, and she mentioned that even ron and hermione could die and if they did it would affect harry terribly.

i actually dont think any of the 3 will die. but if harry dies then ron dies, and vice versa. the reason i think this is cuz in the 3rd book, when they are at a table with 13 ppl both harry and ron stand up. this little thing is supposed to be just some stupid thing that not true, but actually it is true. in the 5th book at grimmauld place, there were 13 ppl at the table, the 1st one to stand was sirius black.

but with both harry and ron standing at teh same time, it might not count, cuz its "the first one to stand". but because of this thing either they both dont die or they both die.

this is my opinion and theory tho.

i actually dont think any of the 3 will die. but if harry dies then ron dies, and vice versa. the reason i think this is cuz in the 3rd book, when they are at a table with 13 ppl both harry and ron stand up. this little thing is supposed to be just some stupid thing that not true, but actually it is true. in the 5th book at grimmauld place, there were 13 ppl at the table, the 1st one to stand was sirius black.

That's really interesting.
I think it's the little things like that that you have to look out for. Like they may not seem hugely important at the time, and you forget them quickly.

Oh, and by the way, I'm pretty sure Crookshanks is a Kneazle

I just heard an interview done a while ago with J.K (me too) and she was talking about the death thing.
If i remembered Harry Will not die, but perhaps the oters ...

I don't think Harry will die.
JK keeps using that 'Who says he will survive past the 7th book?' line. I think she's just trying to put doubts in everyone to confuse them.

And she succeed to confuse us

Definitely. I used to think that Harry would die in the last book, but now that i think about it, i believe he will actually live! that would be awesome. and a great ending too.

Hmmm I'm hoping for a darker ending instead of the typical fantasy story happy ending. I don't know how exactly I would like it to be, but I know how I don't want it.

i've read all the books at least 4 times and i can't wait for the 6th to come out!! Did anyone cry when Sirius died in the 5th book? i cried :o lol

also, about harry and ron dying, 'cause they were 13 at the table, you never know!!

Harry probably will live past the seventh book. I remember reading somewhere about a possible book (or series) of Harry when he is an adult (but you can't always trust propaganda can ya?..)

I don't think Harry will die.
JK keeps using that 'Who says he will survive past the 7th book?' line. I think she's just trying to put doubts in everyone to confuse them.

In all honesty, I don't think Harry will die. Think about it. If JK kills Harry, she kills her lucrative career writing Harry Potter books? You don't cook the goose that lays the golden eggs. :cool:

In all honesty, I don't think Harry will die. Think about it. If JK kills Harry, she kills her lucrative career writing Harry Potter books? You don't cook the goose that lays the golden eggs. :cool:


That is a great point!!!!!!!! I want to read book 6 :( NOW hee hee

~Kate~

I am bolding the post because in my opinion it holds great releavance to the title of HP 5.

The series Cirque Du Freak is a very well known series around the world. J.K. loves the series, and has commented on every one of Darren Shan's books in the series. Intresting enough... the series in about book 6-7 becomes about how the main character (a half vampire) because on of the Princes of the vampires. Hence, A HALF BLOOD PRINCE.
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Doesn't that seem wierd to anyone else?

Very VERRRYYY weird if i do say so myself. not to offend anyone, but j.K.'s ideas are soooo not original. there are so many similarities between Lord of the Rings and harry Potter, it's just not even funny. Wormtail in HP, wormtongue in LOTR? isn't that strange? Dobby in HP, Gollum (GOLLUM RULES!!) in LOTR? That's too similar. if you know the characters you know what i mean. plus, not to mention mythology. Hermione is the female version of the name Hermes, a messenger in mythology. a messenger, CARRIER OF KNOWLEDGE?? HMMMMM...... :mad: Minerva was a chick in mythology who helped Hercules and his sidekick out, minerva is Professor Mcgonagall's first name. ALWAYS HELPING THEM OUT. That three headed dog in the first book, three headed dog in mythology who was guarding something. Am i the only one who sees this? i used to be really into HP but I now much prefer anything by Anne Rice. Long...Live...Lestat...!!!!

p.s. sry for my bad grammar, tooo tired to puncuate anything.

Very VERRRYYY weird if i do say so myself. not to offend anyone, but j.K.'s ideas are soooo not original. there are so many similarities between Lord of the Rings and harry Potter, it's just not even funny. Wormtail in HP, wormtongue in LOTR? isn't that strange? Dobby in HP, Gollum (GOLLUM RULES!!) in LOTR? That's too similar. if you know the characters you know what i mean. plus, not to mention mythology. Hermione is the female version of the name Hermes, a messenger in mythology. a messenger, CARRIER OF KNOWLEDGE?? HMMMMM...... :mad: Minerva was a chick in mythology who helped Hercules and his sidekick out, minerva is Professor Mcgonagall's first name. ALWAYS HELPING THEM OUT. That three headed dog in the first book, three headed dog in mythology who was guarding something. Am i the only one who sees this? i used to be really into HP but I now much prefer anything by Anne Rice. Long...Live...Lestat...!!!!

p.s. sry for my bad grammar, tooo tired to puncuate anything.


You make good points, but you forget that these books were originally intended for children. The similarities that you point out may be just that, similarities. This isn't the Iliad or Tolstoy here, it's a childrens book series.

I also wanted to added : don't you think J.K used these mythological people for a PURPOSE?!?! it's not like she copied them. she used them so it could be more interesting for people our age. Therefore, even though these characters resemble mythological ppl/characters.. ... well it's on purpose!

I hate it when I see a thread that I want to post on but whatever I say it has been said by someone else before me because the thread is so popular.

But anyway, I hope the next edition comes out soon and is twice as think as the last one. Doubtful thought that is.

i don't think harry potter will die either.
i heard somewhere that J.K Rowling was considering doing another series...with harry potter as an adult. a few of my friends heard that actually. *not sure if it's true though*

then again, what would the 7th book be without harry!?

haha and i really like the mythology she uses in her books. it's good for people who have never read any mythology before :D

wow im glad this thread really came back!!!

i agree with everyone saying harry isnt gonna die, and actually reading the new posts in this thread just made me realize something. in the most recent interview jk did(at the book signing thing a few months back) she answered a question that someone had asked. the question was if you could meet a character and hang with them for a day who would it be? she answered that shed love to meet harry, and she said she would take him to lunch and apoligize for all the horrible things she put him thru.
she always has to watch the things that she says too, cuz she doesnt wanna put anything out there that may ruin the plot for everyone. but i think answering this question kinda gave it away that harry wont die, hes just gonna end up going thru a lot of really horrible things.
i think bloodred was right, shes throwing us off with that "who said harry will live past teh 7th book" thing.

and there are many many many stories that you can look at and see there are some things that jk might have gotten ideas from. a huge one i noticed is the disney cartoon movie the sword in the stone. merlin is like dumbledore, who is teaching young arthur who resembles harry a lot!!!! skinny and small with a great potential, treated badly by family and always having to do chores for them.

i havent seen teh movie in a while so i dont remember everything but if you watch that movie youll notice stuff!!

I think I already responded to the question of which Harry Potter character I'd like to meet, but here goes agai:

It would be Hermione, because she reminds me of my first crush/girlfriend. She even looks like her. No more details to come. :cool:

AWWW thats sweet!!!!

I also noticed the similarities between J.k's writing and other authors but she has put the characters into a totally different world and the whole "harry potter" idea is totally hers, and i havent read anything that is written at all like the harry potter books!

~Kate~

As a special Halloween treat, JKR has opened the door on her site [JKRowling.com (http://jkrowling.com)] and released the titles of 3 chapters in the upcoming book!

To save you from having to wait for Peeves, find the right key, magnify the riddle, answer it, and then get the names, here there are:
CHAPTER TWO - SPINNERS END
CHAPTER SIX - DRACO'S DETOUR
CHAPTER FOURTEEN - FELIX FELICIS

Enjoy! And Happy Halloween!

P.S.: Draco's Detour excites me greatly. :D <3Draco

But, if you really must open the door yourself, here's the instructions on how to do it:
1. Go to JKRowling.com (http://jkrowling.com), go to the appropriate site [english, french, german, etcetera.] and click on the hairband on JKR's desk. This'll take you to the door that should, hopefully, not have the "Do Not Disturb" sign upon it.

2. THIS IS WHERE YOU MUST BE VERY PATIENT. You have to sit there and wait for Peeves to come along before you can open the door. When Peeves finally comes through [this usually takes 10 or so minutes], he will knock over the vase to the left of the door. Like in the Chamber of Keys in the Sorcerer's Stone, keys will come out of the vase, fly around, and you must select the right key to open the door with by click on a key and dragging it to the keyhole. If the key flies right back into the cloud of keys, then it didn't work. If the key stays and turns in the keyhole, then you can finally open the door. [When I did this, the key that was zooming around the fastest opened the door.] Once you get the right key, click on the door handle, and ta-da! You're in. But, you're not quite done yet.

3. You will see a drawer on the left hand side of the desk. Take your mouse, click on the handle, and drag the drawer open. Inside, you'll find a magnify glass. Pick up the magnify glass, drag it over the brown folder, and the folder should appear on your screen, magnified, with a riddle on it. This may take several attempts, so just keep trying.

4. Now, the riddle. The answer to it is veryvery simple once you think about what you're trying to gain out of it [chapter . . . titles] and what it's describing. Highlight this if you simply cannot figure out the answer: chapters.

5. Ta-da! Three pages should've appeared at the top of the folder. Just click on one, drag it, and you should be able to read one of the titles.

And that's it! If you need any help, just PM me. :]

Thank you so much at one stage i was checking the site daily, but i dont anymore, i think i would have missed that!!!! THANK YOU

~Kate~

As a holiday treat, JKR has reopened the door on her site and given us this exciting news:
"I know you all expected this to happen on Christmas day, but I was sure that those of you who celebrate Christmas have better things to on the day itself do than to fight your way into my study, whereas those of you who DON'T celebrate Christmas would definitely prefer not to wait until the twenty fifth so...

'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.

Although I have joked about HP&THBP racing my third baby into the world, I have in fact had all the time I needed to tinker with the manuscript to my satisfaction and I am as happy as I have ever been with the end result. I only hope you feel that it was worth the wait when you finally read it!

Wishing everybody a wonderful holiday and a happy and peaceful 2005,
With love from,
JK Rowling."

SDLJAFNADLGNADGAD! I can't waaaaaait!

AAAAAAAHHH COOOOOOOOOOL!!!! *uberspazzout* LOL wow that's so AWESOME!!!! :D :D :D :D

I can't WAIT!!!!! *crosses fingers for a not-too-distant release date* :D

SDLJAFNADLGNADGAD! I can't waaaaaait!

Extremely well put! OmG! Thanks so much for posting this. *I feel a little too awkward saying the word "fangasm" so...I'm just going to say I'm probably the most excited I've been since ABH.* Much love for JK and much excitement for the release date. *Is a little disappointed because the sooner all of the books are released...the sooner it's all over**cries* :(

*screams*

Wooohooo! Can't wait for that, yay! I can't wait to read it, I've read so many books between the Goblet of fire, and amazingly I haven't forgotten anything from any of the books. But I thikn I'll read over them again just incase I missed something :D .

Woooohooo! Can't wait for the 6th book!

OMG OMG OMG release date...when is it??!!!?? hee hee

I cant wait EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

yeah im done now lol!!! :)

I can't wait for the book to come out. Something to keep me busy!

At first I wasn't a big potter fan, cause I recall it being compared to the lord of the rings, and that upset me. I even remember a few people claiming the series superior, so i went in with a bias against harry when i saw the first movie. But since, the movies, and thus the franchise as a whole, have really grown on me. First of all, I just plain like it and think its all very well done. But mainly, I love that it's popularizing the Fantasy Genre with goblins, and griphons, and dragons, and magic. I've always loved the genre, and Harry has helped revitalize it for a new generation. That alone I think makes Harry Potter great. Well, that's my little speech on the topic, just wanted to get that out i suppose.

/cheer

I was afraid the movie for GOF would be out before the new book

YES!!!!!! The release date should be posted within the 24 hr. of today. I CAN'T WAIT! OMG, i've been waiting for this since the day after the OOP came out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, btw has anyone else seen Potter Puppet Pals.com? (http://www.potterpuppetpals.com) Just posting the url here, because I don't want to start a new thread just about a HP site, and risk it getting locked. Besides, enough fans look on this one already.

i think it's neville longbottom. his importance in the series increases with every new book.

or it could be a new character entirely.
fuk yeh im so stoked. but i think nevill longbottom is a full blood wizerd(pritty shure) :D

w00t I can't wait. Harry Potter pwns me.

wooo hoooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

once i found out the door can be opened again i went straight to her website to open it, clever riddles too!!

im dying to know when it comes out tho, i have to know when to start rereading the first 5. i want it fresh in my head!!!!!!

woo hooooo!!!!!!!!

i went to open the door..but when peeves came by and knocked over the vase, nothing happened..am i too late or do i have to wait longer?

I hope the book is going to be good, Neville is Pure blood so it cant be him.
P.S the next film comes out in Nov 2005! Hope its better than the 3rd film, didnt like it much. This film should be the best i think, as long as they dont cut a lot of the scenes out like the 3rd one.

i don't know why you people so crazy over HP?????? i understand 15 year children but 23, 29 thats beyond me. really

JULY 16, 2005.

THE OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE OF HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE.

So near, yet so far awaaaay. ;_________;

JULY 16, 2005.

THE OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE OF HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE.

So near, yet so far awaaaay. ;_________;

Hooray!
I can't wait, WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Hopefully it won't change to a later date

i don't know why you people so crazy over HP?????? i understand 15 year children but 23, 29 thats beyond me. really

If only you knew how many middle aged women are crazy over Professor Snape.... :cool:

If only you knew how many middle aged women are crazy over Professor Snape.... :cool:
ha-ha i love your country=)))))

YES!!!!!! The release date should be posted within the 24 hr. of today. I CAN'T WAIT! OMG, i've been waiting for this since the day after the OOP came out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, btw has anyone else seen Potter Puppet Pals.com? (http://www.potterpuppetpals.com) Just posting the url here, because I don't want to start a new thread just about a HP site, and risk it getting locked. Besides, enough fans look on this one already.


Omg I love potter puppet pals!

"Ready? SHOOT HIM!"

Roflol. Yay! Just the theme tune makes me laugh out loud!

i don't know why you people so crazy over HP?????? i understand 15 year children but 23, 29 thats beyond me. really

My dad, who was 37 then, got me into it. I got my mom into it. When I read the first book, the only other person who knew they exsisted was a fifth grade teacher who was in his late 40's then. He is still a major fan and even got to meet JKR. I got to touch her autograph. Lots of books that SAY young adults don't just mean young adults can read them. I tons of adults who adore young adult fiction. For example, I know a woman who's in her early 30's, and the second she finished the sixth 'Series of Unfortunate Events' book, she came and pulled me out of class for a second, asking me to bring the seventh one because it was checked out everywhere, and she didn't own it. Then she gave me chocolate for bringing it! :p See, everyone can enjoy YA fiction! Why not?

Omg I love potter puppet pals!

"Ready? SHOOT HIM!"

Roflol. Yay! Just the theme tune makes me laugh out loud!

I know, i can't even hear the word 'BOTHER' without laughing to hard I cry! Oh, have you tried this? You know how it has the pause button at the bottom of "Trouble at Hogwarts?" Well, right when Voldemort zaps Snape, press pause, and then keep clicking the forward arrow next to Pause untill you see the green lines make a star. Then click on the star and see what happens, it's HILARIOUS!

I know, i can't even hear the word 'BOTHER' without laughing to hard I cry! Oh, have you tried this? You know how it has the pause button at the bottom of "Trouble at Hogwarts?" Well, right when Voldemort zaps Snape, press pause, and then keep clicking the forward arrow next to Pause untill you see the green lines make a star. Then click on the star and see what happens, it's HILARIOUS!

My favourite quote from Bother snape "I liked the part where he stopped moving." I heard they're making another one... can't wait!

;) Ronnicus explodicus ;)

My favourite quote from Bother snape "I liked the part where he stopped moving." I heard they're making another one... can't wait!

;) Ronnicus explodicus ;)


That part is hilarious! I like the part in one of the flash animations (I forgot which one) where Ron is running away from the person, screaming. Then he runs back, hits them on the head, and goes "Bother!" *hugs Ron* He needs a cookie. :p

It's coming out July 16?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *jumps up & down and emits girly screams* OmG, I cant wait!!

OMGOMGOMG!!!! JULY 16! REALLY!!!!!! YESYESYESYES!!!! YOU JUST MADE MY DAY! WAHOOOOOO!


He does need a cookie *Gives Ron a big chocolate chip cookie* *He takes it and goes back to follow the butterflies*

YEAH! Another one! Heehee, I'm just so happy thinking about it! "I like the part where he stops moving." I love that too. I still like listening to Snape, he sounds and looks like either Bert from seasame street, or Squidward from spongebob, lol!

It's coming out July 16!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *jumps up & down and emits girly screams* Well, in their exact words they said "it should be on shelves by July 16". OmG, I cant wait!!


July 16? Thats great! I wonder how thick this book will be...I'm expecting it to be bigger then Order of The pheonix, but it'll probably be smaller.

The books just seem to get bigger and bigger...