# Harry Potter 6: Any idea when? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011 "2004-06-01T03:27:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/41 "2004-06-30T02:34:47Z")
> [@Green Eyed Stranger](#): > > One thing I keep comming back to is that, although people say that there’s no royalty in Harry Potter, we’ve know about the Bloody Baron since the first book. Given the Bloody Baron’s name, book six’s title takes on a slightly different twist. Hey, that’s a good point - one of the subplots in COS that didn’t really go anywhere was the whole Nearly Headless Nick Deathday thing. Maybe the HalfBlood Prince is a ghost. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/42 "2004-06-30T03:34:14Z")
I believe _storge_ is Greek for parental love (like eros & agape). I’m delighted that this was a hoax. Forgive me, but “The Pillar of Storge” is not only hard to say but also “The Pillar of Parental Love” has an icky (technical term) incest-y feel to it. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/43 "2004-06-30T04:42:38Z")
> [@](#): > > isn’t Draco known as the prince of Slytherin He is? I must have missed that reference. ---
**Author:** ![Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b38774/32.png) [@Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hot_Buttered_Toast)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/44 "2004-06-30T05:29:40Z")
**ISiddiqui** , it’s mainly used in bad fanfiction. For example, Draco would be the Slytherin Silver Prince, as his eyes are described as being an unnatural shade of sparkly grey in fanfiction. Harry would be the Gryffindor Golden Boy. The new title seems kind of odd, like a fanfiction title or something. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/45 "2004-06-30T05:39:23Z")
I think we can all agree the prince isn’t Harry because, in addition to the reasons already listed, if he were, the title would translate to “Harry Potter and Harry Potter.” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/46 "2004-06-30T18:19:37Z")
> [@](#): > > Latest I heard was Autumn Solstice. In case anyone didn’t catch this, there is no autumn solstice. There’s a winter solstice and a summer solstice, but an autumn equinox. So saying it’s coming out on Autumn Solstice translates to “Do you think I have a clue, either? Stop asking me already!”. It’s like “February 30”. ---
**Author:** ![Marvel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marvel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvel)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/47 "2004-06-30T19:30:28Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > 😕 In what language? I can’t find it in the Encarta online dictionary. English, apparently. I looked it up using an on-line dictionary and the definition popped up right away. THere’s a little - oh, what’s it called? - a little do-thingy over the last letter, which may or may not matter when looking it up in some on-line dictionaries. Patty ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/48 "2004-07-01T01:23:51Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > In case anyone didn’t catch this, there is no autumn solstice. There’s a winter solstice and a summer solstice, but an autumn equinox. So saying it’s coming out on Autumn Solstice translates to “Do you think I have a clue, either? Stop asking me already!”. It’s like “February 30”. Book 6 is coming out February 30? Cool! I can’t wait! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011/49 "2004-07-01T02:07:16Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > I think we can all agree the prince isn’t Harry because, in addition to the reasons already listed, if he were, the title would translate to “Harry Potter and Harry Potter.” Heh. That’s what I pointed out at the 50 book challenge this morning. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-6-any-idea-when/248011.md?page=2)