Unsentimental JKR (was re: Snape Culpable and the Three-part Interview)

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 135227

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lupinlore" <bob.oliver at c...> 
wrote:
> hickengruendler wrote:
> 
> > > And yet what has JKR ever told us that's been shown to be wrong 
> or even deliberately misleading?... 
> 
> > "[Regulus Black] is dead, so he is pretty quiet these days." (The 
> > question was, if we would hear about him. It's from the World 
Book 
> Day 
> > Chat in March 2004). Obviously this is the truth and she didn't 
> lie to 
> > us. But after what we learned in HBP, and considering that JKR as 
> good 
> > as confirmed that R.A.B. is Regulus, it certainly can be 
> > called "deliberatly misleading", in a way, that we all assumed 
> that 
> > regulus did not have a role to play in the overall storyarc.
> 
> 
> Actually, I'm not at all sure that was deliberately misleading when 
> taken in context.  I think that came up against the background of 
> discussions about whether Regulus was, in fact, Stubby Boardman.  
> The question then was referring to whether we would be hearing 
about 
> (or it actually FROM?) Regulus alive and kicking.  Her answer about 
> him being dead and pretty quiet was essentially a straight answer 
to 
> the question she was being asked, which was about Regulus being 
> alive.
> 
> It's true that we all took that to mean that Regulus had no part to 
> play in the story, but I'm not at all sure that, in context, that's 
> what JKR intended.  And I'm altogether sure that if the question 
had 
> been "Will we learn any more about Regulus?" that she would have 
> answered differently.
> 
> 
> Lupinlore

lupinlore, I think we will be learning more about Regulus.  I do not 
think he is a red herring and I have posted my theories about Regulus 
& perhaps Snape's involvment.  My theory, which is just that, is 
based on why Snape turned against Voldemort - and Regulus plays a big 
part in that.  I would be interested in hearing your thoughts on this 
topic - you can email me if you do not wish to use up your posts :)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/135111

colebiancardi
(first post of the day - and as allison stated, this theory still 
haunts me...)