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Someone, I believe

cheyinka , said something in a previous thread about the person code-named" Cinderella" that made me think. The book we're following is called the Half Blood Prince. Wonder if Cinderella is someone who fits Snape's role in that? Maybe it doesn't mean royalty, but blood status. Someone who emphasizes their pureblood half. Has to be high status pureblood too, to fit the princess aspect.

So we know this person is female.

What else do we know?

I think the candidates to be Cinderella were Sinistra, Grubbly-Plank, and possibly Acton. Did I miss anyone?

I'd really like to know what you guys think on this, as I suspect I'm missing something.

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cheyinka

Dolohov wrote: "Was able to have long conversations with Hypatia and Eggman, neither of whom strike me as anything other than what they purport to be, and plenty of time with Cinderella. Am still not sure about her."

I commented: "Eggman seems likely to be Slughorn; if it isn't I suppose it could be Brutka, which would be hilarious. Hypatia seems likely to be Sinistra. Who might Dolohov have spent "plenty of time" with?"

ladyrelaynie replied: "It makes sense for Hypatia to be Sinistra, though she could also be Cinderella (married Raz)."

And that prompted the comment of mine quoted in the OP: "If Cinderella is someone who "married royalty" (rather than being a mistreated princess, or a servant, or having a noteworthy stepmother or godmother), it doesn't make sense for it to be Sinistra, since Dolohov is "still not sure about her." On the other hand, no one else at Hogwarts is married."

(For completeness,

ellemir.livejournal.com said, "My only speculation is Cinderella could be Grubbly-Plank. It's a real stretch, but Cinders was grubbing around in the ashes. and ashes come from wood, thus Plank.")

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ladyrelaynie

Thank you, cheyinka, you said that much more clearly than I was able.

Wonder if Grubbly-Plank is married.

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cheyinka

Brutka, Slughorn, Binns, and Milland are hes, not shes, and in any event Slughorn is almost certainly Eggman. Binns is unlikely to be worthy of a pseudonym since he's a ghost.

It is unlikely to be Minerva or Sprout: Minerva is almost certainly either Sophia or Iphigenia, and Sprout is almost certainly Mary-Quite-Contrary.

This leaves quite a list:
Gwyndolen Acton
Bathseba Babbling
Cordelia Carpenter
Wilhelma Grubbly-Plank
Rolanda Hooch
Irma Pince
Poppy Pomfrey
Aurora Sinistra
Septima Vector

I don't think Babbling, Carpenter, Hooch, or Pince have been mentioned at all this year, even in passing. Since Cinderella is narratively important enough to get mentioned, that seems to leave:

Gwyndolen Acton
Wilhelma Grubbly-Plank
Poppy Pomfrey
Aurora Sinistra
Septima Vector

I am fairly sure that Sinistra is not a half-blood; I'm not certain about the rest but I would be surprised to learn that any of the teachers were, honestly.

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cheyinka

I don't think so - it was noteworthy for Sinistra and Raz to marry, and if that was only because they were both teachers and both living at the castle, you'd still think Grubbly-Plank would have been mentioned.

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ladyrelaynie

I doubt Voldemort would have let Raz marry Sinistra if she was halfblood, and I seem to remember there being a family tree tapestry involved in the wedding.

If McGonagall is Iphigenia/Sophia, she supposedly doesn't shun two people: Mary-Quite-Contrary and the Fox. As you say, MQC is probably Sprout, so maybe the Fox is Poppy? And if that's the case, Cinderella could only be either Grubbly-Plank, Acton, or Vector.

My money's on Grubbly-Plank for Cinderella, honestly.

Hmm. This game has more twists and turns than a pile of spaghetti.

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cheyinka

If Minerva is Sophia, we only know that she's been "burning the candle at both ends", not who she associates with.

The Fox is probably not Poppy; the Fox is "a rather newer addition", which suggests Milland, Brutka, or Grubbly-Plank. So that no one else has to replicate the work I just did, Grubbly-Plank became the Care of Magical Creatures teacher in September 2011.

Obviously Grubbly-Plank can't be both Cinderella and the Fox, though. (Much like Minerva can't be both Sophia and Iphigenia.)

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adeliej

If I remember correctly, there was a bit of talk (between Narcissa and Sinistra, I think?) about how Sinistra's family *didn't* have a tapestry, although as far as everyone knows she's a pureblood. So she could possibly be a halfblood, though I'd be quite surprised if she is.

ETA: this all was said at the time of the wedding in a private message, I think.

Edited Date: 2014-04-11 01:12 am (UTC)

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ladyrelaynie

Tosha says "a rather newer addition", not the newest. However, the main reason I have for suspecting Poppy as the Fox is simply that she and Sprout are kind of a pair, and would be people that Minerva consorts with more than others. And yes, only if Minerva is Iphigenia.

As for Cinderella, what would suggest that it's Poppy more than Grubbly-Plank? I can't think of any connection.

Unless she's a Half-Blood Pomfrey? Pomfrey being in the same position as Prince in canon: the name of the more respectable side of the family.

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