Lockets (Was Re: The magically refilling Pensieve)

[cat_kind]

No: HPFGUIDX 138062

> Marianne S:
> I have been thinking along these same lines myself. Although, my
> thought has been that Regulus was sent to hide the Horcrux and, 
upon
> realizing exactly what this meant, destroyed the real Horcrux 
within
> the Slytherin locket and planted the fake. However, I see a lot 
more
> holes in what I was thinking than what you wrote. If Regulus had 
> destroyed the piece of soul in the locket, I think he could still 
have
> planted the real locket just like Dumbledore was able to wear the
> real Horcrux ring after he destroyed the piece of soul.

catkind: If Regulus has *destroyed* the soul in the original 
already, he could plant the now harmless original locket, yes.  But 
I thought we are assuming he has only hidden the original? Otherwise 
LV would have noticed himself feeling more human etc.etc.  

Marianne S: 
> Nevertheless, I do see a point of a refillable pensieve. Perhaps 
Voldemort
> does not expect anyone to actually make it through drinking the 
entire
> potion, so it magically refills itself so that no one will suspect 
that 
> someone may have been killed in the midst of drinking it. Another 
> theory is that R.A.B. could have made the potion refill so, if 
Voldemort 
> were to do a rudimentary check on it, he'd be none the wiser. 

catkind: Ah, yes, perhaps I was being silly there. I wonder if any 
of those Inferi were other people trying to get at the locket?

I was inclined to think, if LV wandered into the cave he couldn't 
help noticing the switch, even if he can't magically sense the 
presence of pieces of his soul.  On the other hand, if DD and Harry 
failed to notice, why shouldn't LV?

Marianne S:
> Furthermore, I have been pondering this for quite a while... I 
wonder 
> if anyone else thinks that what Dumbledore is "experiencing" when
> he ingests the potion is a vision of the DE bloodbath that will 
occur
> at the school... unless he goes back and has Snape fulfill the 
promise
> they both know about -- to kill Dumbledore. Dumbledore does not
> fear death for himself... it is but another journey... but he does 
not 
> wish harm on any of his students. I believe that he and Snape have 
> known all year that a time would come where Dumbledore would have
> to sacrifice himself and have Snape perform the "murder" or the 
> consequences would be dire indeed. 

catkind: Ah yes, it all comes back to the old Snape theories :-) Me 
too, I have to admit, though I'm tending more to the theories about 
what the potion would have done to DD in the long term if he'd lived 
to see. 

A Potion that makes you see possible futures? Interesting idea.  I 
was also wondering about those babblings - the first sounded almost 
like it could be a childhood throwback - but the second did rather 
sound like protecting his students from something. 

But when it comes down to it, why would LV have a potion to cause 
useful or interesting visions, when he could have one to cause 
tormented ramblings?

catkind