[HPforGrownups] Re: R.A.B

[Kemper]

No: HPFGUIDX 150539

On 4/4/06, justcarol67 <justcarol67 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > Nikkalmati earlier:
> > There are a lot of problems associated with RAB entering the cave
> and  replacing the locket with a dummy.  ...

> Carol responded:
> I don't see the problem with Regulus replacing the locket during VW1
> if he had Kreacher's help, though I very much doubt that he, a boy of
> about eighteen, could have destroyed the Horcrux or that he was killed
> by it.
> ...
> I proposed some time ago that Bellatrix (on Voldie's orders) placed
> the locket in the cave with Kreacher's help and that Regulus found out
> about it, taking Kreacher with him to steal the real Horcrux and
> ordering Kreacher to drink the potion: ...
>
> At any rate, it's Regulus ... The name means "little king." (Hm. Fits nicely with
> the Half-Blood Prince. Maybe they were friends and Regulus's death had
> something to do with Severus's change of loyalty in VW1.)

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Kemper now:
I agree that Kreacher could have played a roll with either Bella or Regulus.

Dumbledore's quote from after drinking the potion:
The protection was ... after all ... well-designed.  One alone could
not have done it ... You did well, very well Harry....

But what if Regulus got to the potion and was alone, what would he do?

Slughorn seems to think highly of him saying that he had Sirius'
brother (Regulus) but would've liked the pair (I'm paraphasing, so I
may be off on the correct phasing but I think I got the gist right). 
To me, this suggests that Slughorn thought highly of Regulus because
he, Regulus, was *included* in Slughorns desire (the pair).

So... back to lone Regulus and the potion.  Is it a stretch for
Regulus to conjure a vial and scoop up a bit of the potion, cap it,
and return to someone who's a master at potions?  Perhaps Slughorn,
who seems to understand Golpalott's Third Law about antidotes well
enough to teach it, or, if Carol's 'maybe' is correct, the Half-Blood
Prince, who didn't need to jot down any notes in the margin of his
potions text book regarding Golpalott's Third Law, except for the
cheeky "just shove a bezoar down their throats" suggestion.

Once an antidote was discovered, Regulus could have gone back to the
cave with a jug of the stuff, drink the potion, drink the antidote,
write a brief note, switch out the lockets and be out of their lickity
split!  While Kreatcher stayed at home with his (doting?) mistress.

Kemper, who has suggested Slughorn helping out Regulus in the cave
previously, but no one responded and who is hoping that more people
will respond now with my revised version that includes Snape as a
possibility... hmm, has there ever been a post about Snape that no one
responded to?