# Rereading older Harry Potter book threads **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 29, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rereading-older-harry-potter-book-threads/956876 "2021-12-29T21:30:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rereading-older-harry-potter-book-threads/956876/1 "2021-12-29T21:30:38Z")
With the Harry Potter special coming up on Jan 1, I had some fun scrolling through the old Dope threads that emerged when the books were published. I was less interested in reliving any excitement, more interested in reading predictions and takes unsullied by advance knowledge. The Half-Blood Prince thread in particular has a lot of interesting speculation on Snape and Horcruxes, some of it dead-on, some of it wildly off. Anyway, thought it was better to create a new thread than bump much older ones. The two linked below had the most speculative content; older threads were either short or based on movies. [Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix (Major Spoilers!!!) - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-the-order-of-the-phoenix-major-spoilers/183418) [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (spoilers) - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-spoilers/312818) Here also is a speculation thread pre-Half-Blood Prince. [With One Week To Go, Yet Another “Harry Potter Year 6 predictions” thread (spoilers) - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-one-week-to-go-yet-another-harry-potter-year-6-predictions-thread-spoilers/311878) Enjoy! (if this is your kinda thing) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rereading-older-harry-potter-book-threads/956876/2 "2021-12-29T21:45:10Z")
> [@Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-spoilers/312818/11): > > And finally, this theory could be way-off - there are many things wrong with it, but is it possible Harry could be one of Voldemort’s horcruxes? Perhaps the bit of Voldemort in him is a horcrux, perhaps created when V killed Lily? Which would mean the only way to get rid of Voldemort fully is for Harry to sacrifice himself. I mean, I guess it’s obvious in retrospect, but I certainly didn’t figure it out, and this person had it all down by post #11. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rereading-older-harry-potter-book-threads/956876/3 "2021-12-30T13:52:39Z")
I’m still annoyed that the Ravenclaw horcrux wasn’t a wand. I mean, the horcruxes corresponding to the other three Houses were a coin-shaped object, a sword, and a cup: What’s the fourth member of that set? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rereading-older-harry-potter-book-threads/956876/4 "2021-12-30T22:17:16Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > What’s the fourth member of that set? I don’t know… a fourth suit of an ancient deck of cards? Or…wait, a minute, you’re not trying to play Texas Hold’em with _tarot cards,_ are you? That’s how gates to the netherworld get opened… ---
**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:** [December 31, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rereading-older-harry-potter-book-threads/956876/5 "2021-12-31T06:28:36Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I mean, I guess it’s obvious in retrospect, but I certainly didn’t figure it out, and this person had it all down by post #11. I was wondering if their username would suggest some kind of secret insider knowledge, but no, it’s just “Sony TV” backwards. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rereading-older-harry-potter-book-threads/956876/6 "2021-12-31T12:14:17Z")
> [@digs](#): > > > [@Chronos](#): > > > > What’s the fourth member of that set? > > I don’t know… a fourth suit of an ancient deck of cards? > Or…wait, a minute, you’re not trying to play Texas Hold’em with _tarot cards,_ are you? That’s how gates to the netherworld get opened… Got a full house and three people died. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rereading-older-harry-potter-book-threads/956876/7 "2021-12-31T13:36:19Z")
Not quite on topic but still a classic old thread: [Okay, who ordered the phoenix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-ordered-the-phoenix/183604)