Prank question (Was: RAB case is broken)

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 154146

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214"
<dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:
>
> > 
> Hehe. Love Regulus, still think that "dead THESE days" means that he 
> may be not dead another days, but your post made me want to go on 
> the  sort of the different tangent or maybe not so different.
> 
> Anyways, the small warning here. I take as an absolute fact that we 
> are nowhere close to knowing  complete information about Prank 
> events and what preceded them. And yes, that means that I don't buy 
> as a fact that Sirius wanted Snape dead, since I don't see enough 
> canon support.
> 
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> 
> So, if one position is that we know everything we need to know about 
> Prank night, then my next question will make no sense to you.

Renee:
If I remember correctly, JKR has said we *will* learn more about the
prank, which I take to mean that we don't know everything we need to
know at this point. I expect the missing information to shed more
light on Snape's role, and on his reason for keeping his mouth shut
about it, which otherwise is rather peculiar.   


> We will have to learn about what happened on Prank night from 
> somebody, right?
> 
> Unless JKR will  just do the "history chapter", somebody who is 
> available to testify about mindsets, intentions, COMPLETE events of 
> that night is needed.
> 
> I just realised yesterday that nobody else is available to tell us 
> everything, especially about Sirius intentions, but also about 
> Peter, James role ( how did he learn, where he was, etc)
> 
> Sirius and James are dead, Snape, well we know his testimony already 
> don't we?
> 
> What else? Somebody's diary? Another pensieve? Dumbledore's? My 
> memory is as good as ever, so maybe he DOES have full memory of the 
> event stored somewhere.
> 
> If pensieve is objective, then Snape's or Sirius' will do too.
> 
> Renee, the reason I am talking about all that stuff in your post 
> about Regulus is because your idea that Regulus may have been 
> connected with Remus or Greyback somehow made me think that IF 
> Regulus was involved somehow and he is alive, it would be SO cool if 
> he finally sheds light on what happened that night.
> 
> He can certainly know about Sirius' intentions, estranged as they 
> were, they must have been communicated somehow and he certainly may 
> know about Snape.
> 
Renee:

That's an interesting question: how will we get to know the truth
about the Prank? As you say, people who knew about it are growing
scarce. Only Snape and Lupin are still there. So is Wormtail, but we
don't even know if he had anything to do with it. 

I'm not sure, however, that it's necessary to bring Regulus into the
picture. I don't expect Snape to offer an alternative to the view he's
already given, but Lupin could. He may not have known beforehand what
was going on that night, but I wouldn't be surprised he was informed
afterwards, so he could be the one to shed light on the whole thing. 

So could Wormtail, if he *was* involved, though right now I can't see
him having a quiet little chat with Harry about such past events.
Lupin remains the best bet.

I'd love it if Regulus would turn out to be alive, and the words
`these days' in JKR's answer are an interesting addition, given the
existence of a potion called the Draught of Living Death. But I doubt
he'll be the one to speak the final word on the Prank. 

Renee