What if Regulus is ALIVE? (LONG)

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 162023

 
> Magpie:
> Does it really sound like she's hiding something there?  It's just 
that to 
> me these things sound totally straightforward both times.  Since 
Regulus has 
> already been introduced as dead in canon, it seems normal to just 
shoot down 
> the Stubby is Regulus theory. It doesn't seem like she also has to 
say he's 
> dead.

Alla:

You could be right of course :) I just think that it would make sense 
for her to say so.

That can all be just nothing, together with the cutting out of they 
cannot kill you if you are already dead part, etc. It may just be 
that JKR decided that both editions should look the same, it can all 
be insignificant and us looking for clues where it is none to be 
found, OR they can be just clues indeed.

And I totally understand where you are coming from, I do. After all I 
do think that JKR often straightforward in the interviews, but not 
all the time.


Magpie:
> In the second quote, it seems like she flat out says he's dead.  I 
see how 
> the "these days" could refer to both his being dead and being 
quiet, but my 
> first instinct is to hear it as saying he's dead and therefore he's 
quiet 
> these days. To me it seems like both a straightforward confirmation 
that 
> he's dead and a slight coyness about not saying that he won't play 
a part 
> from the past. <SNIP>

Alla:

Yes, I do read these days as referred to both.