Lockets (Was Re: The magically refilling Pensieve)

[Gopal B]

No: HPFGUIDX 138091

Subject: Lockets (Was Re: The magically  refilling
Pensieve)

Catkind: <snip>
> The replaced locket only makes sense to me if it was
> replaced *before* being put in the cave, and before 
> being seen by someone who knew there was a locket but 
> not which locket. Which would also remove the problem
> of self-refilling pensieves - what's the point of a 
> pensieve that refills after the treasure is stolen?

Gopal:
I know there is a lot of fan-fiction out there, but
some basic contradictions with the canon that I
perceived regarding 'refilling pensieve theory'.

1) At no point in canon has anyone had to *drink* a
memory. They just touch it to enter the memory.

2) The liquid was not refilling itself, because after
13 goblets Harry/DD were able to retrieve the locket.
Only magically generated water was getting drained
out.

3) Voldemort acts alone, he is unlikely to have let
any DE to place the horcrux in the cave. Come to think
of it, he may be thinking that only 3 people (himself,
Amy Benson and Dennis Bishop) know about the cave at
all.

4) DD recognizes LV's style of magic.

Some q's about the canon. Please let me know if you
have answers for the same.

a) In the cave, DD/ Harry could not get their hands
close to the liquid due to an invisible barrier. Why
did the goblet not face such resistance?

b) Why did DD have to drink the liquid? He could have
spilt the liquid to empty the basin.

c) How did RAB/DD get to know of the cave? Are Amy
Benson/ Dennis Bishop still alive? can they give more
clues?

d) Is the missing horcrux placed in Hogwarts/ Borgin &
Burkes? Both places mean much to LV. we also have
Harry getting tempted to some of the stuff at B&B in
COS.


Thanks,
Gopal.