[HPforGrownups] The Cave and RAB...formerly: Re: R.A.B. - Sirius's dear old mum?

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Jen (snipped): 
>Although this brings up something curious. Dumbledore never exactly  
said that the green goo was a poison, instead saying it wouldn't 
kill  the drinker right away. It's conceivable to me this was a 
typically vague  Dumbledore statement because he wasn't certain of 
the mechanism, but the  real poison in the cave was in the lake.  
Voldemort ensured the death  of the drinker not via the green goo, 
but because that drink would cause  unbearable thirstiness and lead 
to drinking the lake water, which *was* a  poison (thus not being 
killed right away until thirst overcomes  you).<




Jaimee:
I agree it was the substance in the lake that was the poison.  I  think it 
may have even been Draught of Living Death (sorry if this has been  discussed 
and I am unaware).  I just believe it must be significant because  the first 
Potions class they have at Hogwarts the first year with Snape, it is  mentioned, 
and then again it is mentioned in the first Potions class with  Slughorn.
 
I also think it would be an intersting substance for the Inferi to be  
encased in.  I believe HBP indicates The Draught of Living Death is  supposed to be 
clear when it is finished:
  "According to the book, he had to stir counterclockwise until the  potion 
turned clear as water." (American Version P. 190)
 
I don't know... this could be completely wacky, or it may have been  
mentioned previously, but it seems like a possibility to me.  
 
The idea of it being Sirius' mother or father is interesting to me.   I have 
also wondered if the person who took the real Horcrux could have been  
Neville's mom.  I have not noticed, do the books ever give her maiden  name?  I know 
her name is Alice, which could be the middle initial of  RAB.  I just thought 
that Neville and his parents may play an important  role in the last book, and 
it might be interesting if she were  RAB...
 
Jaimee






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