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

[KenM]

I'm going to wear that shirt when I go see the Goblet of Fire movie.

 

[kingpaul]

Harry was unable to use the killing curse on the woman who killed Sirius because he did not hate her enough

But Harry didn't use the killing curse, he used Crucio. Bellatrix (sp) said that righteous anger wasn't enough to fuel the curse to cause sufficient pain.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

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That is hysterical!

I almost bought that shirt for my daughter. But then I had visions of her getting lynched by morons at the mall, enraged at spoiler.

That, and the fact that t-shirt hell won't be shipping their next batch until Friday August 12. Too many people will have read the book by then!

 

[Melkor Lord Of ALL!]

Guys, Lord Voldemort needs your help! Go here http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=142560 , and vote for him.

 

[Templetroll]

So why wouldn't the Death Eaters use House Elf assassins?

With the attitude of most Death Eaters they would trust a House Elf to do anything non-meniel? I doubt it.

 

[FireLance]

Idle speculation: what if Harry's scar (and not Harry himself) is the final Horcrux?

 

[Vocenoctum]

Idle speculation: what if Harry's scar (and not Harry himself) is the final Horcrux?

Idle Speculation: What if Voldemort is HARRY'S Horcux!
Harry did Kill him afterall!

But anyway, the snake is the 6th Horcrux, Harry'd have to be the 5th. I don't see the series going that way. I think there's a Ravenclaw artifact hidden in Hogwarts. I was thinking a book, but the Diary would seem redundant then.

 

[Endur]

You see, Dumbedore believes that there is good with everybody, but sometimes even he might make mistakes.

Nah. Dumbledore is like Obi-Wan Kenobi, he never makes mistakes.

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

Great thread, lots of good information.

The fact that V tried to actually and personally kill Harry at the end of GoF does tend to hint that Harry isn't a Horcrux...but then, if V doesn't know about it...argh.

I'm also in the Snape's-not-evil-just-nasty school of thought. That early scene with him apparently 'revealing' himself as truly evil just reeks of advance plot set up.

Has anyone gone back and read all of the previous books and noticed anything new about the most recent? Often JKR has put some very advanced foreshadowing in, and I'd be interested if anything in HBP can be foreseen.

I bet some of the Harry Potter film cast have been emailing each other with speculation since this came out! Maggie Smith (McGonagall) must be very pleased at how her character is turning out.

Lastly, Dumbledore's funeral was really quite moving, although I was a bit surprised that no one else tried to talk to Harry afterwards - surely McGonagall would have wanted a word as the new Headmistress?

 

[Laurel]

Just finished the book last week (yes I'm behind the mass crowds)

1) I like to think Dumbledore as Obi-one, since I also like to think he isn't dead necessarily. He may have needed to show Harry that last bit to set him on his course, but when V is defeated Harry will understand a way to bring D back. No from death to life, but something else.

2) Snape is a hard one to pin point. He could still just be in on D's wishes and it's actually bad. He hates all those associated with Harry, but even if false and fool hardy I like to think Snape has good in him somehow/someplace.

3) I loved the relationship building, but there seemed almost too much of it. That is the one downer of this book. Till the end there are love battles going on, but not the normal action she has been putting in the first half of the books. That could just be since book 7 will be so much action, and she wanted to get in the last really good hit of these are people relate to them.