HBP Reactions

[amanda_k429]

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I must say that this is my favorite book of the series (so far, at 
least, I'm sure 7 will hit me hard)!  I really appreciated all of 
the information we got from this, even if we still have unanswered 
questions.  But, that's the point of a series, right?

Snape: Like many of you, the first time I completed reading the AK 
sequence, I was infuriated.  I could think of nothing more than 
Snape being killed, and fast.  Even as he ran away, all I could 
think about was how cold it was of him to do what he did.  After 
some time to contemplate the scene again, I have decided that he is 
definitely not loyal to Voldemort.  There are so many reasons, and 
most of them have been voiced, so I won't get into details.

DD: I hate to say it, but I do believe he's definitely dead.  I 
would have been looking for his portraits absence as a clue to him 
still being alive, but that did not happen.  I would say that 
there's a possibility that he could play a part in 7 in some way, 
but I don't want to get my hopes up like I did for Sirius.

Horcruxes: I don't think Harry has any part of him as a Horcrux.  
That would be too far-fetched and complicated for my taste.  
Personally, I don't see Harry dying at the end, either, but that's 
just what I want :-)  As for the other Horcruxes, I had forgotten 
about the locket that was found at 12 GP!  I do think that RAB is 
Regulus, and that the locket should be at 12 GP.  The unknown 
Horcrux is totally unknown to me!  I don't even want to venture a 
guess.

RAB: As I said before, I do think that this refers to Regulus 
Black.  I don't know about the Kreacher theory, although it sounds 
good, but I do believe that Regulus was killed because he had shown 
some desire for Voldemort to lose power.  I also think that the fact 
that he didn't seem important enough to be killed by Voldemort 
himself has a link with Pettigrew, since he seems very unimportant 
at the moment, but may have something up his sleeve in the next book.

I don't really know what else to say about it right now.  I just 
started my re-read last night!  I'm sure I'll come up with more.  

~Amanda~