Significance of missing line (was: HBP paperback)

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 156071

Lupinlore:
> 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).

SSSusan:
Well, the point I'd been trying to make here was concerning the way 
Alla interpreted that very interview response -- that it left room 
for a return from the dead.  That's all.  If it would still seem 
like a bald-faced lie to you, that's your prerogative.  I was just 
pointing out one list member's view that JKR could perhaps have been 
leaving room for a return from the dead, even if it's not the most 
common interpretation of what JKR was saying.


Lupinlore:
> 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.

SSSusan:
Again, your opinion is your own.  However, I thought I had made the 
point a couple of times earlier in the thread just what I was 
thinking of re: Regulus' return.  That is, *if* he came back (or 
even if some of his artifacts/papers were discovered), that I could 
see it making Harry's journey/task EASIER, not more cluttered or 
chaotic.  If Regulus is R.A.B., then he's the one who removed the 
locket horcrux.  If he -- or his words -- became available to Harry 
in Book 7, it could help Harry with *that* particular horcrux, and 
he might possibly have had information from his time as a DE 
regarding other horcruxes, which could help Harry tracking them down.

Just one view, obviously.  You don't want to see a character come 
back from the dead.  That's fine.  It's not high on my list of "Want 
to sees" either.  I was simply going along with the "What if" of 
Alla's post -- what if DD's comment which was removed from the new 
US paperback edition was significant in the sense that someone 
*might* be making a return from the "dead"? and what if JKR was 
toying with people a bit regarding Regulus' status in that 
interview?  I **doubt** that she was, but if she was, what's the 
harm in considering how that character might play into things?  

I, for one, think it would be fun to have Regulus guide Harry a bit 
in the hx hunt (which seems *awfully* daunting a task with just one 
year left!).  Whether it would be Regulus in person or discovered 
Regulus artifacts/documents which did the guiding wouldn't much 
matter to me.

Just trying to have a little fun, I was.

Siriusly Snapey Susan