Regulus and Kreacher

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 153322

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kayla Pittillo"
<kayla_pittillo at ...> wrote:
>
>  
> If Regulus was alive, wouldn't that mean Kreacher would have 
> automatically gone to him as being a Black, instead of Harry? 
> I seem to recall Kreacher was bound, although unwillingly, to
> Harry and not another Black. Just my two bits worth. 
> 
> Kayla
>


bboyminn:

I think it depends on how much magic is involved. You can fool people
and you can probably fool house-elves, but you can't fool magic. So,
if it is really magic and nothing else the binds a house-elf then it
would seem logical that Kreacher would not have felt any connection to
Harry if Regulus was alive.

If the binding factor is Elfin Honor as I suspect, then Kreacher would
have had no way of knowing who was or wasn't alive, he would simply
have to follow his honor and go where he seemed to belong regardless
of his personal desires.

Still, I can't think of any reason, poltwise, why Regulus would still
be alive. At best he could help Harry find the one Horcrux that Harry
is already MOST likely to find anyway. I just don't see any point in it. 

Since we heard Dumbledore make his claim that he can fake people's
deaths, we have been eager to raise every person in the series from
the dead, but to what point? How does it serve the story if Dumbledore
is alive? I want him to be alive, but I just don't see any point to it.

The only people that I think are LIKELY to come back from the dead are
Sirius and/or Harry. Those deaths and resurections could serve the
plot. Of course, I'm well aware that Harry isn't dead...yet...but
there is still one book to go, and anything can happen.

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn