[HPforGrownups] Re: What if Regulus is ALIVE? (LONG)

[Scarah]

No: HPFGUIDX 162019

> > Carol responds:
> > But JKR didn't say that Regulus was "dead these days." what she
> > actually said in the 2004 World Day Book Chat, in response to the
> > question, "Will we be hearing anything from Sirius Black's brother,
> > Regulus, in future books?" was, "Well, he's dead, so he's pretty
> quiet
> > these days.

Sarah:
Yeah, I read that as "He is properly dead, but I have to be a little
shady about how quiet he is.  I can't answer that he's totally
incommunicado, because he did leave a handy note.  (Or even if it
wasn't really him I still want everyone to think he could have.)"

This was a while before the Rumors section of the website was updated
with the Stubby Boardman topic, so there was a period in history where
it was still possible that Regulus was both dead and also Stubby
Boardman (since Stubby could have dropped at any time in the
intervening fifteen years), but I guess it's not to be.

Sarah