Book 7

Here it was, I thought I was done blogging until after Christmas... but now JK has released the title for book 7... 'the deathly hallows'. Now, I have heard of 'deathly pale'.. but to my poor American venacular, it ought to be "deadly hallows". I don't know if British english uses deathly synonymously with deadly or not.

So ... back to that DADA prof blog I did some time ago. I correlated how each of the professors related to that poem in bk2. Also, look at how the professors relate to the title of the books.

SS sees Quirrell trying to steal the SS. (meets his fate)
CoS sees Lockhart going to the CoS.. (meets his fate)
PoA sees Lupin being friends with the PoA (meets his wolfish fate)
GoF sees MoodyCrouch using the GoF (meets his fate)
OoTP sees Umbridge defying the OoTP (meets her fate)
HBP sees Snape AS the HPB (meets his fate in a way)..
now DH sees ???? in relation to whatever the deathly hallows are.. and meeting his/her fate..

Before, in my other post, I postulated that the seventh DADA teacher would be the one to help Harry most. Bring him back from the brink... If the deathly hallows is refering to the horcruxes, it still fits that Bill Weasley could play a large role in bk7... seeings as he's a curse breaker....

So yeah.. I think that JK posted clues in bk5 to the release date. I have wondered for years what was the point of those two odd prophecies... "on the solstice will come a new" "and none will come after". So on the Winter Solstice, she announces her title, which fits the prophecies. (which were meaningless, until she gave them meaning and context).. SO... while I have figured bk7 would come out on 7/7/07... I now wonder if it won't come out on the SUMMER solstice....

Now we just need to see what the Year of the Yeti will bring. :-)

edit: I want to expand a bit on the idea of the DADA teachers.

What if we changed the title from "HP and the Blah Blah" to "The DADA Teacher and the Blah Blah"

For example, things take on a new perspective if we say:

Quirrenes Quirrell and the Sorcerer's Stone

Gilderoy Lockhart and the Chamber of Secrets

Remus Lupin and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Mad-eye Moody and the Goblet of Fire (or Barty Crouch Jr and the Goblet of Fire)

Delorus Umbridge and the Order of the Phoenix

Severus Snape and the Half Blood Prince

So yeah, it strikes me that there is more to it than meets the eye.

Who will it be? How will that person be connected to the Deathly Hallows?

I predict (still): Bill Weasley