[HPforGrownups] OOP: Regulusi was Re: OOP: what we forget with Sirus and James and Harry

[Kelly Grosskreutz]

No: HPFGUIDX 65881

> Yes, of course, yes, of course. When you put those two facts
> together, you get a complete picture of SB. This explains Sirius's
> behavior even if it doesn't entirely excuse it. It's so much better a
> picture than two little rich boys tormenting the greasy kid. Heck, I
> wonder if Snape narc'ed to Sirius's family about something, or at
> least mentioned something to someone who mentioned it. Black said
> that all the pureblood wizarding families are inbred/related to each
> other (like all English people are related to each other within 30
> generations, I'll bet, and everyone can trace their ancestry to
> Charlemange.) I wonder if that includes Snape. He seems to have a
> hatred of mudbloods that suggests he isn't one. That might explain
> the reason his existence is odious to JP and SB. He's the converse of
> Sirius: who his parents wanted him to be. Again, we've got this
> parallel of rebelling against one's parents and recognizing that they
> don't always know what's best for you (and a very un-destiny story
> line.) Long live free will!
>
> TK

Kelly:
First, I'd like to agree with you on your analysis of Sirius.  I think this
is one reason he did hate Snape so much; he knew that in many ways Snape was
the boy his parents wanted as a son.  Second, the reason I chose to enter
the conversation.  Your comment about Snape narcing to the Blacks made me
remember something that came to my mind when I was reading the book.  When
Sirius is talking to Harry about his family tree in the chapter entitled The
Ancient and Most Noble House of Black, he talks of his brother, Regulus.  He
tells about Regulus joining the DEs and about Regulus's demise.  If I'm
recalling this correctly, Sirius says something like, "From what we were
able to found out" or "From what we were told" when he is telling about
this.  It made me wonder who told the Black family about the final
circumstances of their younger son.  To me, only someone who was a DE would
have any idea what happened to Regulus.  Otherwise he'd just be another
disappearance, or his parents would still believe that he was alive and
working for Voldemort.  Instead, someone told them about Regulus's death and
why he was killed.  Right away, I wondered who had told the Blacks about
Regulus.  For some reason, Snape popped to my head immediately, although I
could make arguments for why he wasn't the one who told the news.  It could
just as easily have been Bella or Lucius or some other DE with Black
familial ties.  I wonder if Sirius even knew how his family had found out.

So, what do you think?  Was it Snape?  Was it some other DE?  Another
thought that just came to me is that maybe it wasn't the Black family who
was told about this, but the original Order.  After all, again if I'm
recalling correctly, Sirius uses the pronoun "we" found out.  But Sirius
left his family when he was sixteen and was summarily blasted off the
tapestry.  I have problems with the imagery of Mrs. Black sending Srius a
letter telling him about the death of his brother, especially since Sirius
didn't seem to especially care for him either.

Any thoughts on this?

Kelly Grosskreutz
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