Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince-SPOILERS!!!!

[The Grumpy Celt]

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The missing horicrux is....

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[billd91]

Horcruxes*
the book
the ring
hufflepuff icon
ravenclaw icon
???
harry

I don't think so. I think it's:

diary (book) - destroyed
ring - destroyed
locket - stolen, decoy left
hufflepuff artifact
Nagini
unknown - in book theory is some artifact of Ravenclaw or Gryffindor, but highly unlikely to be Potter (or they wouldn't have tried to kill him in Goblet of Fire)

I think Harry will find some clue to all of this at Godric's Hollow, especially if Voldemort was planning creating that 6th (thanks for the correction above) horcrux with Harry's death. Wouldn't it be interesting if his intended vessel had been left behind and was still there?

 

[Hijinks]

Why did Harry push Ginny away at the end of the book?

Why does Peter Parker tell Mary Jane to go away? Out of a sense of honor. He doesn't want anything to happen to his girl, plain and simple. Of course, she's not going to let him push her away, but he probably figured he needed to make the effort anyway.

 

[billd91]

My brother made a good point. Why did Harry push Ginny away at the end of the book? Dumbledore said repeatly that Love is the power Harry has that Voldemort can't know. She is still a target being the sister of Harry's Best friend, why bother pushing her away?

Did anyone else cringe when the red harring of Harry takeing out Luna happened??

By pushing her away, she becomes one target among many. By keeping the relationship going, she becomes A#1 Prime Target. Of course you'd figure Malfoy or Snape or someone would just tell them that Harry was seen in her company an awful lot and that would make her #1 target again.

I didn't cringe at all when Harry took Luna to the dinner. I thought it was great. After the previous book, I thought Luna might be the dark horse candidate for Harry's love life. At that point, it looked like Ginny had largely gotten over her crush on Harry. Luna's a fun character. Probably more suited to Neville though.
Nice to see Neville mixing it up with death eaters and getting his grandma's respect, though.

 

[TanisFrey]

Why does Peter Parker tell Mary Jane to go away? Out of a sense of honor. He doesn't want anything to happen to his girl, plain and simple. Of course, she's not going to let him push her away, but he probably figured he needed to make the effort anyway.

My brother did not like this part of the ending in the Spiderman movie either. To both of us in made less sense for Harry to do it. Ginny knows the dangers, while Mary Jane has no clue of the danger.

By pushing her away, she becomes one target among many. By keeping the relationship going, she becomes A#1 Prime Target. Of course you'd figure Malfoy or Snape or someone would just tell them that Harry was seen in her company an awful lot and that would make her #1 target again.

Or He could have listen to Dumbledore about the powerfull magic of love. It's great relief to Harry share his burdens with a LOVED One. True Love as apposed to Frindship love. She is a target either way and he could have relaxed and enjoyed himself at times to reup his courgage.

 

[Chimera]

Yes, Peter Parker pushes away MJ in Spiderman, but at the end of SM2, it's a bit different.

I didn't like when Harry did this to Ginny, but I can sort of see why he might think this way. At the very least, he's on a path of vengeance right now and doesn't want to be distracted by her.

I'm looking forward to the scene in book 7 between Voldemort and Snape. Better be good. Should be interesting where the whole Snape thread goes. JKR has made it clear that she really likes the Snape character and I wouldn't expect him to die an unrepentant killer.

I'm wondering how much of Book 7 will occur before the Hogwarts school year. A good chunk of it, I'd have to guess. We have to have the whole Durstley bit and more before...

I'm almost betting that Harry will be talked into coming back to Hogwarts on the grounds that some parents won't send their children back unless "the chosen one" is there to protect them. Or something like that. But regardless, each book is "a year at Hogwarts". If he doesn't return, then there's no point in going, or not going, seven books. May as well throw that out the window and say that there will be two or three more books before the whole Harry/Voldemort thing is settled.

Clearly, Professor McGonnigal is the new Headmaster and I wouldn't expect that to change. The better question is who will be the new DADA teacher, who will take over Transformation and who will be head of Gryffindor house.

Ultimately, I almost expect Harry to be DADA professor and head of Gryffindor, but its probably a bit early to expect that at age 17 when he should still be a student.

And a final thought: What if the note was a ruse and the locket is the actual horcrux?

 

[Lord Rasputin]

Horcruxes*
the book
the ring
hufflepuff icon
ravenclaw icon
???
harry

In addition to not liking the idea of Harry the Horcrux emotionally (I want him to survive and become an Auror -- the boy's life has not yet begun, and he deserves a long, quite life after his experiences of youth), there's a problem. I have a hard time believing that Voldemort, who THREE TIMES has had no trouble unleashing Avada Kedavra at Harry, would want to put part of his soul into something/someone and then destroy it/him. Considering the great lengths Voldemort has gone to achieve eternal life, this would be counterproductive.

Also, from what I can gather from reading, you must plan the Horcruces, and there's every reason in the books to believe that Voldemort fully expected to kill Harry.

I do wonder if Voldemort did manage to make a Horcrux out of one of the two known Gryffindor artifacts (the sword and the Sorting Hat ... now THERE would be a fun Horcrux) and figures that it, being hidden in plain sight, would never, ever be suspect.

My vote is for Hagrid to be head of Gryffindor. Slughorn will probably stay on as head of Slytherin. DADA -- why not Bill Weasley? His injury probably keeps him out of the field. Transfiguration -- who knows?

And count me in as one of the Neville Longbottom fans who wanted to see more of him in this book.

 

[Chimera]

And count me in as one of the Neville Longbottom fans who wanted to see more of him in this book.

Forgot to say as much. I really like Neville, like what she's done with him, want to see more. I sincerely hope that he gets some good bits in book 7 and comes out a major hero.

Luna would be a good choice for him, they both deserve someone. Luna *is* insane, but in a good way. She'd probably drive Neville's gran nuts.

The only problem that I had with the relationship things in book 6 was that they all started to seem like a really really insular clique. And I hate that.

 

[Demmero]

The only problem that I had with the relationship things in book 6 was that they all started to seem like a really really insular clique. And I hate that.

Heh. Kinda like James, Sirius, Remus, Wormtail, and (maybe) Lily?

 

[Desdichado]

The only problem that I had with the relationship things in book 6 was that they all started to seem like a really really insular clique. And I hate that.

Yeah; cliquish teenagers; that's so unrealistic! And it would have been a great idea for Rowling to juggle hundreds of minor characters just to show how Harry and Co. are such social butterflies! (something that I think it demonstrated quite clearly, actually)