Comments | heliopath: Book Six Title!

heliopath

Book Six Title!

Jun 28, 2004 20:00

I was just in wibblechat when someone mentioned JKR's site, and the fact that the infamous door now opens!

So. I have seen it with my own eyes, it is on the site, I assume it's genuine.

( How to find the title! )

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heliopath June 28 2004, 19:17:39 UTC

Ooh, I didn't even think of Voldemort. He seems the obvious choice now, good suggestion!

onthehillside June 28 2004, 19:26:27 UTC

It's still lame. :((

heliopath June 28 2004, 19:33:36 UTC

Slowly but surely it grows on me o.O

ex_whitealbu996 June 28 2004, 19:28:25 UTC

I think I love you :D

ex_whitealbu996 June 28 2004, 19:29:21 UTC

Can I put this on my LJ too?

heliopath June 28 2004, 19:31:11 UTC

Of course! Share the information!

ex_whitealbu996 June 28 2004, 19:39:53 UTC

*done* ♥

So, when do you say we'll get the first fics?

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ashesofautumn June 28 2004, 19:35:30 UTC

*frowns* I don't think I like this title any more than I like Pillar of Storge. Half Blood Prince? Prince?

heliopath June 28 2004, 19:39:30 UTC

*nod* The Prince part is what I'm having most problems with. I dunno, it reminds me of a Narnia book, or something.

laurac0re June 28 2004, 19:56:25 UTC

that's what I was thinking.
it doesn't sound like a HP book to me.

I wonder if she means 'prince' in a figurative sense or literal sense? because we have yet to see any example of wizarding royalty (at least I don't believe we have...)

heliopath June 28 2004, 23:48:21 UTC

I would guess figurative. Some pureblooded families might act like royalty though, so perhaps this 'prince' belongs to such a family. Hm, I don't really know, but there's been no mention of actual wizard royalty, like you said. Ehh, it's a weird title for sure.

riibu June 28 2004, 19:53:35 UTC

This is odd. I went there, and the door doesn't open for me. *sigh* I tried to clean my site history -didn't help. There's still that depressing 'Do Not Disturb' sign. What should I do? Wait?

By the way, remember that Harry Potter and the Half Loved Prince (note: 'loved', not 'blood' -or was there a writing error?) was the working title of CoS!

There's this chat interview with JKR in 2002 where she mentions this. Here's a quote:

Q: What was the original working title of Chamber of Secrets?
JKR: Harry Potter and the Half Loved Prince. I quite liked that title, unfortunately the story bore no relation whatsoever to the title by the time I'd finished.

I remember there was a discussion about this title a while ago at FAP. So, could this one really be the new title? I remember we came into a conclusion at that FAP discussion that the title must mean Tom Riddle. Maybe Salazar was of royal blood? ;)

heliopath June 28 2004, 20:05:06 UTC

Oh! That was a problem some people had when it first went online. I think you have to clear your cookie cache? Erk, I'm not sure, because I'm not very good with computers.

Thank-you so much for that info! I'm pretty sure that must be why the name sounds so familar to me. And if there's a good CoS connection, then I really think the title is referring to Tom. Ooh, this title is really growing on me :)

riibu June 28 2004, 20:28:16 UTC

I really hope that if that's the real title it would mean Tom... But I'm a bit worried about what JKR meant when she said in that chat interview that "The story (CoS) bore no relation whatsoever to the title by the time I'd finished." Could this sentence actually exclude Tom?

I don't want this prince to be any new Gary Stu character...

*waves her 'Tom Is My Prince' banner* :)

heliopath June 28 2004, 20:42:10 UTC

Well, she's said that we'll hear more about circumstances surrounding Tom's birth in 6. So perhaps a lot of this backstory was cut from CoS, and will be in book 6 instead? It could be that she simply moved a plot point from CoS to book 6.

Hm. I'm holding on to the idea that the prince is Tom too. Then again I was convinced Arabella Figg was the DADA prof, so what do I know? :)

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