Sirius and the Blacks (WAS: Young men/bad decisions - Back to Mommy

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Northsouth:
> SO i think if Reg had turned because of genuine ideology, Sirius 
> might have been more inclined to welcome him into the renegade 
> branch of the family.


SSSusan:
And maybe he would have but simply didn't get the chance, is all.  
Here's *all* we have from Sirius on the matter:

'Was he killed by an Auror?' Harry asked tentatively.

'Oh, no', said Sirius. 'No, he was murdered by Voldemort. Or on 
Voldemort's orders, more likely; I doubt Regulus was ever important 
enough to be killed by Voldemort in person. From what I found out 
after he died, he got in so far, then panicked about what he was 
being asked to do and tried to back out. Well, you don't just hand in 
your resignation to Voldemort. It's a lifetime of service or death.'

SSSusan again:
While we don't know what source Sirius turned to for the information 
that Regulus panicked and tried to back out, the information came to 
Sirius after the fact.  So it seems clear that Regulus didn't himself 
contact Sirius after he'd made his decision to leave.  Thus, we 
really can't know what his motivations were.  He might just as well 
have had a true change of heart but never got a chance to express it, 
no?

Siriusly Snapey Susan