Jo's FAQ Update

[misteh]

"In what way is 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' related to 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'?I have been engulfed by an avalanche of questions on the subject of 'Prince' having once been a title of 'Chamber'. I am therefore attempting to answer most of them under this heading, which I think just about covers all the answerable

Comments

[skei]

Yes, she does seem to gracefully avoid answering questions outright. We wonder where Dumbledore gets it from. *rolls eyes*

[misteh]

Heh, she must love it. =_=

[selphish]

Wow. Firstly, that's a TERRIBLE book name.

Secondly, I agree with your whole-heartedly. Something's definitely up with Dumbledore.

[misteh]

I agree, I haven't liked the name ever since it was announced. It's too.. cheap or unoriginal-sounding to me.

& yay! I figured most people would tear my throat out for thinking ANYTHING could be bad with Dumbledore. But that's just because the fans are in denial, it's so obvious but they refuse to believe that this 'savior' of the series isn't the perfect goodie they all thought.

[panduh]

[misteh]

Don't give it too much thought, trying to overanalyze this kind of stuff can totally ruin it for you. ;x

[misteh]

Heh, yea but think about it.

Tom Riddle wasn't a half-blood, he was a mudblood. Half-bloods I have read are wizards/witches who had both magic parents, but one of their parents had muggle parents. When a mudblood is a witch/wizard who either one parent was muggle, or they both were. & if that is correct, then Tom couldn't of been the HBP at all. *shrugs*

[aurey]

I've actually come to like the name. I think maybe it just bugs some people because they hate the idea of not knowing who it is referring to. Or.... not. I dunno. IMAKENOSENSE.

But I'm glad JK isn't telling much. I want all the surprises I can get from the book. Now, I just want a freakin' release date! >

[misteh]

lol

Wasn't the release date going to be sometime in November? At least, that's what I thought they were shooting for.