OK, it?s taken me yonks to read through all that, glad all the Snape is Harry?s father stuff has died down ? what rubbish .
I too think DD (not you DrD!) ordered Snape to kill him and that?s why he begged him (God how awful was that, though?), to protect Malfoy. I have hope for Malfoy, but we can?t lose all the baddies!
Wormtail?s debt and Harry?s blood in the regenerative potion will be crucial I reckon, but how, I don?t know!
RAB is Regalus and the locket is the one at Grimmauld Place. Remember Regalus had his named burned off the family tree because he betrayed Voldemort or something.
I read somewhere that one of the main characters becomes a teacher at Hogwarts ? my money?s on Neville.
Harry, Ron and Hermione will survive ? all the books end with them together and I think this one will as well.
I think Ron is perfect for Hermione, yes she?d drive him up the wall but she?s the kind of girl who will just love being a nag (come on, you all know one! Or are one ).
Hagrid (sob!) and Snape will die, the latter possibly saving Harry?s life.
Reeeeeally don?t know about this eyes thing, not convinced they or any other part of Harry is a horcrux, but JKR has said they?re important.
But the thing I really want to know, and have wondered about from book 1, is where the heck did Lily and James get all that money from? Harry?s vault is filled with dosh, and they weren?t very old. I?m very disgruntled that we have never known anything about James?s family, barely even the briefest of mentions. We know Sirius (songbird licks lips?) stayed at his house in the holidays, but nothing about them.
I can not wait! I?ll probably do what I always do ? read it far too quickly so I get the gist but not much detail, then have to reread it again straight away. Dh gave up on HBP long ago (wtf?) so I won?t have to worry about him wanting to read it ? thank heaven for small mercies!