The potion in the Cave (Was Re: Summary of why Snape's probably a Good Guy)

[zgirnius]

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<alanphoenix1 at h...> wrote:

> What do you think?

zgirnius:
Excellent essay. Lots of food for thought, and thanks for bringing it 
to our attention! I am afraid I will probably inflict a lengthy why 
Snape is not ESE post of my own on the list at some point, but I am 
not ready yet...

There is one point made in the essay that I don't get. It is not 
actually needed to support the argument he makes regarding Snape, but 
it still bothers me. He asserts that RAB (Regulus Black, we both 
agree on that...) wrote that he expected to die soon *because he knew 
the potion he drank in the cave would kill him*, not the Death Eaters 
or LV. But if Regulus drank it, how did it come to be there for 
Dumbledore to drink it years later? Who would have replaced it?

And thinking further about the whole potion thing, if RAB did not 
drink it, how did he get the real Horcrux, or put the fake one in? 
(DD seemed to rule this out.)

I welcome anyone's insights!