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

[KenM]

So, has Voldermort come out and said, "Harry, I am your father" yet?

 

[DragonMan Ren]

I believe I remember this thread mentioning the DADA teaching position at Hogwarts, and how there was some sort of error. I don't believe so. A year consists of two terms. I'm fairly sure it was said that no one has lasted more than three terms in that position.

EDIT: I read that part again, and I was mistaken. Dumbledore says a year, after he shows Harry the memory of himself and Voldemort discussing the job of DADA teacher. I'm sure I read "three terms" somewhere, though. Not that it matters - we don't know for a fact that Quirrel taught DADA before Harry's first year. For all we know, Quirrel might have been introduced at the end of the previous year, as someone Dumbledore had convinced to teach for one year only - like Moody did - was leaving.

Which, if you think about it, is an excellent reason not to allow Snape to teach it, if Dumbledore wanted to keep him around. Snape was clearly only allowed to teach it when Dumbledore knew it would soon be time for him to leave and rejoin the Death Eaters. And so their little plan now has Snape back among their ranks, his cover absolute.

 

[The Druid Merlin]

So, has Voldermort come out and said, "Harry, I am your father" yet?

It's more likely that Harry and Voldemort are disdant cousins. Who knows how many children old Salazar had, or how many Godric Gryphondor had. In other words Harry might be the heir to two Hogwarts founders.

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

Not that it matters - we don't know for a fact that Quirrel taught DADA before Harry's first year.

Right - it's said that Quirrel left Hogwart's to gain experience. It's a short leap to guess that he wanted the experience so that he would be qualified to teach DADA. Presumably he wasn't skilled enough before. It's never explicitly stated what he teached, but it certainly isn't stated that he was a returning DADA teacher.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Not to be a spoil sport, but what's amusing at that shirt in the least?
Is it spoiling the book for those that might not know? Was the book really a waste of "4 hours and $30"?

I don't get it.

In today's "hyper secret oh-my-god file a court order so no one spoils the book" society, it's hysterical. I mean, JFC, they used to keep the freakin' title secret until the book was published. :rolls eyes:

It's just a book. But some people seem to forget that.

And if you don't enjoy a book when a plot point is "spoiled" well, then, it's not a very good book to begin with.

P.S. And, for me, it was more like $16, but that's besides the point.

 

[DragonMan Ren]

In today's "hyper secret oh-my-god file a court order so no one spoils the book" society, it's hysterical. I mean, JFC, they used to keep the freakin' title secret until the book was published. :rolls eyes:

It's just a book. But some people seem to forget that.

And if you don't enjoy a book when a plot point is "spoiled" well, then, it's not a very good book to begin with.

P.S. And, for me, it was more like $16, but that's besides the point.

AMEN.

And really, if you don't like spoilers, reading a book a second time must be completely pointless!

 

[kingpaul]

I was going back through the book, skimming parts, and noticed something. When Snape and Draco were fleeing near the end, and Harry was trying capture Snape, Snape was still teaching Harry. Something along the lines of Harry needing to keep his mouth shut and his mind closed...stressing the importance of silenced spells and Occulmency (sp?)

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

AMEN.

And really, if you don't like spoilers, reading a book a second time must be completely pointless!

Absolutely! My daughter, the family's official HP nut, has read each book (except #6) at least four times, listened to the first four books on CD at least three times each, etc. Good replay value in this series (at least for her).

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

I was going back through the book, skimming parts, and noticed something. When Snape and Draco were fleeing near the end, and Harry was trying capture Snape, Snape was still teaching Harry. Something along the lines of Harry needing to keep his mouth shut and his mind closed...stressing the importance of silenced spells and Occulmency (sp?)

Excellent observation, kingpaul. More evidence for the "deep cover" theory.

 

[Vocenoctum]

In today's "hyper secret oh-my-god file a court order so no one spoils the book" society, it's hysterical. I mean, JFC, they used to keep the freakin' title secret until the book was published. :rolls eyes:

It's just a book. But some people seem to forget that.

And if you don't enjoy a book when a plot point is "spoiled" well, then, it's not a very good book to begin with.

I still don't see how it's funny, but I guess it's just me. It just seems spiteful to spoil someone elses enjoyment, on the idea that you wouldn't enjoy the book less if you were spoiled. I guess it'd be funny also to wander about website's posting plot spoilers about movies and books?

Keeping a title hidden is not about spoilers, it's about building anticipation. The title itself is a teaser, to get folks to get the book as soon as possible and find out the answer.

But, opinions differ, don't want to sidetrack the thread too much.