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hotaru_san 06-29-04 03:13 PM
Originally posted by sherm42
Spoiler:
Finally, it depends on what you define as a half blood. Lily was the only one in her family to be magical. Mark could be the same way.
Spoiler:
Based on what we see in the books:
pure-blood= entire family is made up of wizards/witches (although I'm not sure how squibs fit into that or why there is an accountant Weasley)
half-blood= some muggle relation- at least a parent or a grand-parent. Harry is referred to as half-blood even though both his parents are magical.
muggle-born= non-magic parents (This would be Mark if no one else in his immediate family is magical)

blood status according to the hp lexicon: http://www.hp-lexicon.org/wizworld/b...tus-names.html

I'd imagine that a lot of people would be half-blood since it seems tough to be pure-blood. It wouldn't surprise me if it's someone new or someone that people haven't really noticed.

Jeremy517 06-29-04 03:29 PM
Spoiler:
Yeah, Mark Evans was the only possibility I could come up with. I really hope he's of some significance (or at least involved the last two books in some way). It is way too much of a coincidence that he shares the last name.

Stk992 06-29-04 03:48 PM
Spoiler:
Actually, you're missing out on a rather large character (pun intended) who is a half-blood--Hagrid. After all, only one of Hagrid's parents is a giant and Rowling has said that Book 2 was originally going to be called "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince." Couple that with the fact that she has said that there are clues for Book 6 and 7 in CoS (i.e. the exposition of Hagrid's expulsion from Hogwarts), it all adds up.

hotaru_san 06-29-04 06:30 PM
Spoiler:
I suppose I was thinking of Hagrid as half-breed instead of half-blood, but there really isn't any reason why he can't be considered both if the JKR's definition of half-blood includes have any non-wizard/witch parents or grandparents. But if it's just part muggle parentage then Hagrid probably doesn't fit.

Jeremy517 06-30-04 12:20 AM
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Ugh I really hope it isn't Hagrid. I seriously got annoyed with Hagrid in the fifth book. More Hagrid would be horrible, in my opinion. I'm hoping Hagrid bites it in book six, or at the very least stops teaching. Grawp has to have some other purpose though, so it wouldn't surprise me if it is indeed Hagrid.

CreatureX 06-30-04 12:23 AM
Wow great title for book 6! :D Also some great discussion going on in here...

Spoiler:
Great discussion about Hagrid. Maybe he is somehow a prince of one of the giant tribes. However I'm hoping the title refers to Neville. I think something big is in store for Neville in the final books!

hotaru_san 06-30-04 01:04 AM
Spoiler:
The problem with it being Neville is that he seems to be pure-blood. But I agree that it would be great to see him get some pay back for what happened to his parents and I really want to know what's up the gum wrappers since it seemed to mean something to him in the hospital and JKR has them all over her site.

Hagrid does seem a bit too stupid for his own good. I don't want anything bad to happen to him, but he has been making himself less likable.

I doubt the "prince" is technically a prince, it seems more like it would just be a term of respect, but who knows, either way I'm certainly looking forward to it.


this thread seems to be almost all in spoiler tags :p

dvd182 06-30-04 04:02 PM
I don't understand why the title of the book has to be in spoiler tags, its not like you aren't going to see the title before/as-you-are-buying the book.

hotaru_san 06-30-04 04:28 PM
stop being logical -ptth-

(good point)

AgtFox 06-30-04 05:14 PM
I don't understand why there has to be spoiler tags in here either. Slap a SPOILERS tag on the title and you're good to go.

hotaru_san 06-30-04 05:17 PM
it already says news, the title is news
I'm not sure if the guesses about it's meaning should be spoiler tagged or not- it's not like any of us know that any of the guesses/discussion will turn out to be accurate.

Jeremy517 06-30-04 09:30 PM
I started out using posilers, since you had to work through a game to see the title. If people wanted to play the game for themselves, they wouldn't want it spoiled.

Now that the title is in all the news agencies, we don't really need spoiler tags any more.

resinrats 07-01-04 01:03 PM
I don't even think the word SPOILER needs to be in the title. It says Book 6 so anyone should figure there will be info about the future book. If they don't want to know anything about book 6 or 7, stay out. If they don't have the will power to not click on the link, they deserve to have book 6 spoiled for them.

Nefarious 07-06-04 10:49 AM
Ok....I'm not using SPOILER tags....


I don't think the HBP is Neville. He makes the comment that he's scared in book 2 when the chamber gets opened. Someone tells him he's full blood and doesn't have to worry. Both of his parents were Aurors and his grandmother and countless other relatives seem to be magical.

Jeremy517 07-06-04 12:56 PM
JK Rowling posted on her website that the significance of Mark Evans is:

Spoiler:
Nothing. She screwed up and used a name that she shouldn't have.

Nefarious 07-06-04 02:18 PM
Damn..I bet she's having a good laugh that of the 3 questions we could choose from for her to answer (46% wanted that one) and it doesn't hold much meaning.

1998Nole 09-05-04 10:13 AM
Saw this yesterday on Yahoo, JK on her website has revealed two sentences from book 6. I don't know what they mean but, hopefully this mean book 6 will be out this year.

Yahoo Article
Here are the 2 sentences:

Spoiler:
"He looked rather like an old lion.


"There were streaks of grey in his tawny hair and his bushy eyebrows; he had keen yellowish eyes behind a pair of wire-rimmed spectacles and a certain rangy, loping grace even though he walked with a slight limp."

wildcatlh 09-07-04 05:15 PM
Originally posted by 1998Nole
Saw this yesterday on Yahoo, JK on her website has revealed two sentences from book 6. I don't know what they mean but, hopefully this mean book 6 will be out this year.
From the sentences, it kinda sounds like it has something to do with
Spoiler:
Godric Gryffindor (from the "lion" comment and all)


I doubt Book 6 would be out before late next year.

Nefarious 09-08-04 07:31 AM
Spoiler:
That was my thought as well. He very well could have been an animagus too. I suspect he is the HBP. Harry pulls his sword out of the sorting hat in the chamber. The lion symbol and sword seem to lean towards this possibility.

Xander 09-08-04 12:15 PM
Spoiler:

Could it be the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher? I assume whats her name won't be coming back this year.


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benedict 12-21-04 05:22 PM
Originally Posted by WildcatLH
I doubt Book 6 would be out before late next year.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Book 6 Finished / Release Date Confirmed !!


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