Re: so and so is Half Blood Prince

In article <20040630005417.05916.00000907@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Delta5Qmp <delta5qmp@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Just a note, about half the inanimate objects in the Potterverse 
>have peoples nicknames, the prophecies have names, the events have 
>names, and only one of the titles has referred to actual single 
>characters form the books.  Maybe The Half Blood Prince is just 
>a Machiavelli sequel.  (i still say its really hermione)

:-)

Let's look at the villains so far.
spoilers for all the books to follow:


14

12

10

8

6

4

2

PS/SS: the villain acts through the wimpy fearful teacher Harry 
  met in the pub.
CoS: the villain acts through the cute little first-year girl from 
  the friendly happy family.
PoA: the villain is the little pet rat.
GoF: the villain acts through the feaful little house elf girl and also
  is introduced as a young fellow who might even have been innocent,
  and who was dragged away screaming (always a sympathy-getter).
OotP: the villain acts through _Harry_, our noble hero.

Now, who is the villain going to be, or act through, in HBP?
If JKR follows the pattern, it'll be someone who seems utterly 
inoffensive when they are introduced, and probably they will also
have had some experiences that put us on their side to begin with.

My money's on Mark Evans as the mask.  No idea who the HBP will be;
he could be the villain, or the one who saves the day by providing
the right information, or the one to be rescued, or any other part
to play except the series hero.

=Tamar