Pondering on the Prank

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 142615

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "quick_silver71"
<quick_silver71 at y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Now RAB stands a good chance of being Regulus Black and it could be 
> that he ties in with the Prank. Wouldn't that be a motive? What if 
> Sirius Black felt that Snape was luring his younger brother down the 
> dark path? Sirius would have felt that the time had come for 
> desperate measures and it ties in nicely with Sirius leaving home at 
> 16 (which occurs in the same general time as the Prank)...it could 
> be that Sirius feels he's tried everything to save Regulus from his 
> fate. It also explains his comment in PoA...Regulus ended up dead 
> and Sirius certainly wouldn't have been forgiving if he felt Snape 
> was responsible.
> 
>  
> Quick_Silver

ahh....you've made me remember(like I would ever forget it) my theory
of Regulus was the answer to Snape's remorse.  I've snipped some bits
from my original post way back in July:

Ok. We know that Regulus is Sirius's younger brother and that he was
in the house of Slytherin, which happens to be Snape's house as
well. Since it has been stressed upon the readers that your house is
like your family, I am going to assume that Snape KNEW Regulus, even
though he may have been a year or two younger than Snape. What else
do we know? Regulus died in 1980 – the family tree stated in OotP
that Regulus died 15 years earlier, which makes in 1980, if OotP is
in 1995. We also know that Snape in 1980, heard overheard the
prophecy and it was a cold, wet day – so either late winter, spring
or late fall of 1980. At this time Snape was still working for LV.
Since Regulus died in 1980, he was also in the DE's at that time. We
do know that Snape turned and became a spy for DD sometime AFTER he
heard the prophecy and BEFORE James & Lily died. 

snip

Regulus was killed, according to Sirius, by Voldemort or more likely
(in Sirius's words), another Death Eater. If RAB is Regulus, and he
was killed by another DE, does that mean that Regulus was dying, due
to the potion? If so, would Regulus go to the man he viewed as
family, Snape, who is also an accomplished potions master? Who could
have prevented his death? Did Regulus tell Snape what Voldemort was
up to, with the horcruxs – and if Snape knew of the prophecy at this
time, what did Snape think of this?

3 possibilities:
1. Snape gave Regulus a potion to reverse the effects of the poison
and told him to get out of dodge. Voldemort then sent a DE to
dispatch of Regulus.
2. Snape does not give the cure to Regulus, but lets him die
3. Repeat Number 1 and instead of an unnamed DE, it is Snape whom
Voldemort sends to kill Regulus.

added in new 4th possiblity(if Regulus is still alive)

4. Regulus goes to Snape, dying from the potion he just drank. Snape
gives him the antidote. LV tells Snape to kill Regulus. Snape cannot -
Regulus is like a brother to him. Instead, Snape takes Regulus to
Dumbledore and Dumbledore now hides Regulus. Snape has now become DD's
spy the moment he took Regulus to DD. Snape returns to LV and tells LV
that he killed Regulus. So, how did DD managed to hide Regulus? Don't
know - but when DD is talking to Draco and telling him he(DD) can
protect & hide Draco - Draco states that LV will kill him. DD says
something very strange at this point...You cannot be killed if you are
already dead...

full posts at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/135111

more thoughts on the friendship:
colebiancardi:
good point on the friends issue. One of my thoughts, as I too
sometimes think that about Snape, is that he does make good
connections with the right *people* - the Malfoy's, for instance.
Narcissa states that Snape "is Lucius's old friend" in Spinner's End,
so I am assuming he CAN make friends, but not the buddy-buddy type.
The reasons I think Snape & Regulus were *friends* are a) It is the
right family(the Blacks, pure-blood & old), b) Lucius was probably
already sniffing around Narcissa and she is a cousin to Regulus c)
they are in the same house and it has been stressed that your house at
Hogwarts is like your family and d) what a better way to dig into
Sirius - being friends with his brother. And a BIG reason why Sirius
still hated Snape to the day he died - especially if it was Snape who
recruited Regulus to become a Death Eater. Notice that Snape's
*friends* are pure-blood, unlike himself. He choose his friends based
on their linage, not for any real liking - perhaps.

original link:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/135710

let me know what you think!!

colebiancardi
(loves my very un-loved and unappreciated Regulus and Snape theory)