"That awful boy" (Was: Comparing Lupin and Harry )

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 142853

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> 
wrote:
 
> Jen, hoping hickengruendler will add to the list with his suggestion 
> of Regulus [as "That awful boy"], as he would be a never-before-
analyzed possbility.

Hickengruendler:

Well, like I said, I don't really think it is him, my money is still on 
Snape. The reason, why I wouldn't rule Regulus out, is his deathdate, 
as mentioned on the Black family tree. It is awfully close to Harry's 
birth, and I wondered, if those two storylines are even more connected, 
than we think. Namely that Regulus went against Voldemort, because 
Voldemort targeted the Potter's son. It's basically the same argument 
as with Snape, he's just replaced by Regulus. But of course it being 
Snape would have a much bigger impact on Harry, than it being the dead 
brother of his dead godfather. Another problem with the Regulus theory 
is, that it's unlikely, that pureblood "royalty" Regulus would befriend 
a muggleborn during school. Regulus' eye-opener seemed to have come 
after Hogwarts, which makes it pretty unrealistic, that he had any 
close contact with Lily. I suppose it's more likely that he went 
against Voldemort, because he found out that Voldie was after a 
helpless baby, and it had nothing to do with the fact, that it was 
Lily's baby.

As you can see, I don't really believe in this theory myself, I just 
wanted to mention him as a *possible* candidate.

Hickengruendler