for the record

[topaz]

I've been saying this for months, but I wanted to get it down in writing before tomorrow:

I think the half-blood prince is going to turn out to be Draco Malfoy.

If I got runner-up guesses, I would have said Snape or Hagrid. But my money's on Draco.

Comments

overanalyzing children's literature

[queenmomcat.livejournal.com]

stephe pointed out that the titling pattern thus far has been Harry and the something else, so the Halfblood prince isn't likely to be Harry. It might be Voldemort--he's a half-blood--but probably not any of the Weasleys or Malfoys (or Hermione) as Rowling's made it clear that they're all pure Wizard/Muggle.

Another co-worker described the death as "heartbreaking"; I'm betting on Dumbledore too, but there are 4-5 other possible characters.