Significance of missing line (was: HBP paperback)

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No: HPFGUIDX 156068

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at ...> wrote:
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> SSSusan:
> Hee.  You've got a point there.  What *could* Herself have said 
> otherwise?  Maybe Alla's got a point that her "he's not saying much 
> these days" remark, which seemed so "Haha -- I'm saying this off 
the 
> cuff to be funny," might've been a way of avoiding the truth but 
> also dropping a hint?
> 
> But, yep, I'm betting Aberforth will be active in Book 7 somehow -- 
> whether that's bearing news from brother Albus or having knowledge 
> of Regulus' history or -- heck yeah! -- harboring Regulus, we shall 
> see.
> 

Regulus alive?  Well, I guess it's a possibility, although it would 
make JKR, IMO, into an out and out liar (I'm talking her interviews --
 sorry, but if she says he's dead and he comes up alive, I will 
regard it as nothing but a bald-faced lie).

More to the question, what on earth purpose would that serve?  JKR 
already has more than enough plot elements and loose ends to tie up, 
she scarcely needs to create more clutter, trouble, and confusion by 
introducing new major characters (back from the dead, yet!) at the 
eleventh hour.  We already know, almost for a fact, that one such 
character (Aberforth) is on his way.  We really don't need any more 
when JKR has more than enough to do with rounding off the character 
arcs she already has in place, thank you very much.


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