RAB Re: General comments and Snape

[AliMcJ]

No: HPFGUIDX 139736

Prongs103: 
> By the end of this book(HBP) I was convinced that there would be 
more 
> than 7 books in the series seeing as how this book left us with so 
many 
> questions.  Is Harry to collect ALL the rest of the horcruxes in 1 
> year and visit Godric's Hollow (which I am sure he will want to 
spend 
> some time there)?  Are he and Ginny meant to be (I certainly hope 
so, 
> there was a great feeling of satisfaction as I read that he kisses 
> her. I knew it all along! yesss!)?  Was DD's death for nothing 
since 
> that horcrux was a fake?  And will someone please tell me who RAB 
> is????? It seems to me like there is a lot more material for more 
> than 1 more book, Jo would be doing a great thing to keep on 
writing 
> them, as long as she writes them I will buy them.
> 
> Please someone RAB!!!!!!!!!!     



I'm jumping in here finally -- very much appreciative of the "HBP 
starts at message #" link on the first page.

I was here when the book first came out, and then was delayed on 
reading the book so I avoided reading posts, which put me WAAAAY 
behind while early posts were building up. I am now going back to the 
beginning, so bear with me for any fumbling and jumbling I do -- and 
there will be lots.

Mostly, I will try to ask people to point me toward things that have 
been hashed out and the posts in which they are.

I have yet to finish my reread of Book 5, and then wil revisit Book 6 
(which I found oddly disappointing -- the development that was so 
exquisitely done in Bk 5 just wasn't there and I kept losing 
interest).

The one thing I need to note to keep at hand for my rereading are the 
Horcruxes, and I don't have a list of them as found and as suspected. 
If there's a definitive list (or two), could someone direct me there? 
I'm pretty sure that Harry's Scar is somehow one of them, perhaps he 
himself was intended as one (and that's why he "belongs to" the dark 
Lord) -- as it was pointed out that animals could be Horcrux -- and 
it hurts in tune with LV's activity and presence, as if a part of him 
were stored in there.  It also might explain why Harry lived.

On the other hand, Dumbledore's explanation of LV's fixation on the 
prophecy brought much to pass that might not have, a self-fulfilling 
prophecy, but this demands rereading on my part.

RAB -- it's got to be Regulus Black IMHO.


In the meantime, for your consideration, and by way of introducing 
myself, I would like to share photos of a custom doll I made to 
represent Fleur.  She is a finalist in the Susie Doll Makeover 
Contest (I'm an artist currently fiddling with dolls.  I also have a 
Tonks doll I designed and who went with me to get HBP at midnight the 
night it came out.

Link to the album of Fleur -- made before HBP was released:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/alimcj/album?.dir=/8b15&.src=ph&.tok=phz
a6YDBoorQbC10

--Alison