Snape and Regulus Black (was Snape & the Edinburgh Festival

[barbara_mbowen]

No: HPFGUIDX 111131

My little take off on Snape's motivation question.  What if Snape was the one 
sent to kill Regulus Black?  I think this has been conjectured before.  But what 
if he failed?  And what if Voldemort was so furious, he put the crucio on 
Snape for it?  That would be a humiliation Snape would not easily endure.

Sirius says Regulus was, well, lacking in intellect (I believe he calls him a 
"stupid idiot"  who "panicked" at what being a DE was about (OOP p. 112)).  
So here is the kid brother of a hated Marauder, who is something of a fool, 
and this "stupid idiot" manages to trick Snape somehow, and escape.  Put 
this together with my favorite theory about Regulus Black, that he is, in fact, in 
hiding as the reclusive Stubby Boardman (who retired from his career as a 
rock'n'roll singer after being struck by a radish at a concert).  His retirement 
from singing was just at the same time as he was allegedly killed:  some 15 
years before.  Never mind Voldemort, he knows better than to come out of 
hiding while Snape is still out there.  He's hiding from the DE's, he's hiding 
from the MoM and he's most of all hiding from Snape.

I have great hopes for Regulus Black as a comic character.  I see him as a 
charming lightweight, who is nonetheless pretty darn ingenious at getting out 
of tight places (a talent I believe younger brothers frequently possess).  I 
really, really hope he shows up in Book Six.  

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