Little King Regulus = the Prince?

[Susan]

No: HPFGUIDX 103918

 "clio44a"  wrote:
> Well, time to join the quest for the Half Blood Prince. 
> 
> I just had a brainwave. 
> 
> 
> A prince is a little king, right?
> 
> 
> Little King = Regulus  
> 
> Regulus is the latin diminutive of rex, which means king.
> 
> Now, we know that Regulus Black was killed by Voldemort or on his 
> orders (OotP, p. 104, Bloomsbury hardcover copy). Sirius thinks 
that 
> was because he tried to back out of the Death Eaters. We don't know 
> what really happened. Maybe Voldemort murdered his possible 
> successor for reasons yet unknown? 
> 
> 
> Regulus Black was a pureblood as far as we know, from a family who 
> thought themselves "practically royal". (magic paternity test, 
> anyone?) Who says the half blood prince must be a halfblood?
> 
> I haven't any complex theories yet, but I thought this was 
> worth to throw into the ring.  
> Forgive me if you discussed this already and dismissed it, but my 
> quick search of the last messages brought nothing to the light.  
> 
> 
> Clio, 
> whose money in the race for the HBP is actually on Mark Evans, but 
> who thinks Regulus WILL come back to  haunt us, HBP or not.

Hey, I was thinking along the same lines.  I didn't think Regulus, 
but rather, Sirius.  Who says that the HBP has to be alive, and who 
says the HBP has to be a half-blood?  Yes, Sirius thinks that Regulus 
was killed for trying to get out of the DEs.  That's a good point.  
However, Sirius left his "practically royal" family because he 
disagreed with their pureblood obsession.  He hung around with Remus 
the half-blood werewolf, was James' best friend (who married Lily), 
got into Gryffindor, was a member of the Order both in his generation 
and Harry's, fighting *against* LV and the pureblood fanatics... sort 
of a champion of half-bloods.  Any thoughts?

Susan ;-)