Much of what Harry says about Malfoy, obviously, but also Hermione's comments on Malfoy, the way Harry is proven wrong (and hence Hermione right) on "how many girls have been princes?", and so on. Oh, and Ron's comment about how it doesn't matter what Dark stuff is smuggled out turns out to be a prediction for the end of that very same chapter.
Wait? How so?
Because it turns out that Malfoy having smuggled out that cursed necklace does in fact matter, quite a bit? Though I don't remember now how he got the necklace out, perhaps he didn't actually smuggle it past Filch...
Trelawney's rambling seems like it should mean something - the "that can't be right" only makes that more likely - but it seems too vague to be very helpful. Unless we figure out who "the questioner" is... Dumbledore? Making the "dark young man" Malfoy? It's a bit of a stretch.
Well, the dark young man is probably Harry. Or Voldemort (but more likely Harry, I think). Malfoy is blonde, I think?
I thought that too, but does it have to be about hair colour? I don't see any interpretation that makes sense with Harry "disliking the questioner".
Also, knave of spades? Is that a common term?
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The Great Harry Potter Re-read: Book Six, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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General comments on the book.
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Suggestions.
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*cough*
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Chapters 1-3: The Other Minister, Spinner's End, Will and Won't.
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*spoilers for book 7* an assortment of characters
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Plotting and writing.
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*spoilers for book 7* focalisation and why I'l accept it this time, the power/powerless issue &stuff
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Dumbledore-centered.
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Chapters 4-6: Horace Slughorn, An Excess of Phlegm, Draco's Detour. *NM*
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So. Inferi are zombies aren't they? I just realised. Ick. Do they eat brains? *NM*
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I was kind of disappointed that Harry didn't remark on that fact. 
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Love is in the air, evidently.
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Slytherin had been in need of new blood for a long time. (And assorted other comments.)
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Dumbledore, patronuses and the DADA job.
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I believe in Wrackspurts, too. And some questions.
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I'm not sure if I noticed this before, but awesome Tolkien shout-out there.
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Harry's continued insistence about Malfoy really irritates me (even though he's right).
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*lol*
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Re: Harry's continued insistence about Malfoy really irritates me (even though he's right).
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Trelawny, Ogden, Gaunt, Ron, Hermione, Ron and Harry
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Plotting and writing.
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Amazing amounts of accurate guesswork here, in hindsight.
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The smuggling and Trelawney's rambling.
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Dumbledore still sounds like Stephen Fry. And reflections on the nature of Potions class.
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It's like baking, I think.
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Yes, exactly like baking - and advanced baking involves experimenting, substituting, improvising.
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Also, Parseltongue - is Harry that thick, or is it a magic thing?
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I think it's a magic thing.
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It can be learned actually. Dumbledore implies he knows it and Ron uses it in book 7
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parseltongue
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Interesting how many of our remarks are along similar lines. *NM*
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My take on Ginny is rather different, I must say... at least this time around.
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Plotting and writing. *NM*
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plot and writing.
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I wonder if that's actually true, though.
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Crabbe and Goyle show us what happens when you fail (most of? all of?) your OWLs.
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Chapters 16-18: A Very Frosty Christmas, A Sluggish Memory, Birthday Surprises *NM*
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Chapters 19-21: Elf Tails, Lord Voldemort's Requests, The Unknowable Room *NM*
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the twins, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Voldemort, Draco and Tonks
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I want to hear the joke about the hag, the Healer and the Mimbulus mimbletonia. *NM*
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Me too. And is a "hag" just an old witch, or something more specific?
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Chapters 22-24: After the Burial, Horcruxes, Sectumsempra
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Characters. *NM*
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Malfoy, Ron & Hermione, Slughorn, Voldemort, Snape and Ginny.
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- 03/11/2010 09:50:50 PM
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Harry wrong again, house elves, horcruxes, free will, well hidden clues and some irony *DH spoiler*
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Re: Stuff.
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Re: Stuff. *spoilers for book 7*
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This "we'll see in book seven" thing is getting old, but still that's what I have to say here...
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Some comments inside. *DH Spoilers*
Chapters 25-27: The Seer Overheard, The Cave, The Lightning-Struck Tower
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I like how good magic is not flashy. Also, a Tolkien thing
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I didn't take the comparison as far, but the gate thing did remind me of Moria, yes. (DH spoilers)
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Chapters 28-30: Flight of the Prince, The Phoenix Lament, The White Tomb. *NM*
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Snape, Lupin, Hermione & Ron, the Order, Mrs Weasley & Fleur, Luna & Neville, Scrimgeour, Ginny *DH*
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- 09/11/2010 02:13:40 PM
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Spoilers.
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Re: Spoilers.
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I'm assuming not even the Ministry knows 100% what she did.
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Very true.
- 15/11/2010 01:48:36 PM
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Not much, no, but there's one fairly crucial mention.
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With my keen attention to detail, I somehow missed that. 
Another good catch!
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Another good catch!
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- 09/11/2010 02:13:53 PM
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We did the Harry Potter marathon thing on Sunday
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This is definitely the most painfully altered of the movies.
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I just watched OotP again Saturday night... quite shocking there as well.
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