R.A.B.'s identity confirmed?

[spotsgal]

No: HPFGUIDX 141275

> "bigestbarda" writes:
> 
> I've been wondering for a while now if the reason Regulus left the 
> DE was that he was asked to harm, or kill, Sirius. We know Sirius, 
> James, Lily and Lupin were all members of the original OOP and among
> a very small group of people who weren't afraid to call Voldemort by
> name (AFAIK, the only other one is DD); we know he's powerfully 
> magical; a decent dueller and that the Order were being 'picked off
> one by one'. I would be surprised if Voldemort hadn't delegated 
> someone to knock old Padfoot off- and what better a test of loyalty
> to him, and the DE 'family', than asking the new recruit to murder 
> his blood-traitor brother? Doesn't that seem like a very Voldemorty
> thing to do?


Christina:

YES, it really does sound like something LV would do!  Oooo, what a
bangy idea!  I love it.  This is very JKR-ish.  I am convinced that
RAB is, in fact Regulus Black (why mention him so much?  Why have him
exist at all?), and I've always wondered what his relationship to
Sirius was like when they were younger.  Something like this would add
a whole other element to it.  Not to mention the fact that JKR has
said that a lot of Sirius-related things will be back in Book 7- the
mirror, the motorbike.  JKR has also said that she has worked out
Sirius's childhood in detail.  Having RAB be about Regulus *and*
Sirius, as *brothers*, would accomplish a lot and reinforce all the
central themes that JKR has given us so far.

> "bigestbarda" writes:
> We all know how important
> love is as a theme- especially platonic love- and it's driven
> characters to far more places than just concern or goodness of heart
> (Sirius' love for Harry got him out of Azkaban, after all). 

Christina:

Harry's love for Sirius kicked LV out of his mind in the Department of
Mysteries.  There's also Lily, of course.

> "bigestbarda" writes:
> I may be completely off the mark here, but it seems the reason most
> fitting with the themes and motifs JK has set up in the past (and I
> like the idea of Sirius spending his life thinking his brother was a
> silly little twit when, in fact, he died* for, or because of, him).

Christina:

Me too.  And I can't help but wonder if this might have something to
do with something in PoA that has always bothered me quite a lot- when
McGonagall is talking about Sirius becoming the Potters'
Secret-Keeper, she says that Sirius was planning on going into hiding
himself.  This has always struck me as odd.  If the Order really was
being picked off, "one by one," having Order members go into hiding is
essentially taking them out of the fight.  I can't imagine Dumbledore
allowing his people to do this except for in the most dire of
circumstances (ie, the welfare of a child).  Not to mention the fact
that Sirius loves a good fight and seems to be quite reckless- why
would he want to go into hiding (it drives him nuts to be useless in
OotP)?  Peter Pettigrew had been passing on information about the
Potters' whereabouts for a while, but even if he was keeping the Death
Eaters equally updated about Sirius, I still can't see Sirius ever
voluntarily going into hiding and sitting around while the battle was
raging.  Maybe one of Dumbledore's spies tipped him off to the fact
that Sirius was being specifically targetted, and Dumbledore thought
it best to hide him?


Christina