Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Discussion

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Ok, I just got through the entire thread. My thoughts:

* I think one of the Horcruxes is something from Ravenclaw and something from Gryffindor. It just makes perfect sense; the moment LV took the Hufflepuff trinket, my thoughts went to the other founders of Hogworts.

*For some reason, I still can't shake the feeling that Snape isn't evil. I despise him for killing DD, but there is something that is urging me to believe he isn't totally evil. He hesitated while making the Unbreakable Vow with Draco's mum/aunt. He hesitated with the part about picking up Draco's deed, should Draco fail. I think we can all see obviously that Draco did not want to kill DD- he would have done it in the first few seconds. Basically, Snape was in a room with all DE and I think he had to, and that DD was telling him to do it. Snape also escaped with Draco but without the DE. Snape also didn't kill Flitwick or any other OotP members. If he isn't killing in cold blood, I don't think he is truly a DE nor is Draco.

*I want to know what is up with the mirror as well. I remember reading somewhere that JKR said it was important, but nothing happened in this book.

*Hogworts has to open. As pointed out by someone ealier, even in times of war schools have to remain open. You will knock out an entire generation from learning, and I think the governor's of hogworts will realize that. There will be a hit in enrollment, but I think it will still open. I also think Harry will return as well.

I can't think of much else right now, my brain is fried. I'll probably go back and skim through certian parts of the book again.