Regulus and Sirius WAS :Re: Slytherin's Horcrux (was:Hogwarts Houses Unite!)

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 163758

> > > Alla wrote:
> > > Remember when Slughorn says that he would love the set of Black
> > > brothers in HBP? ( paraphrasing). I don't know for some reason 
it
> > > struck me as Slughorn seeing them as brothers, not just as 
enemies.
> >
> > Sarah replied:
> > Hmm, I thought the choice of the word "set" was interesting 
also, but
> > for a different reason. The obvious choice for what you're 
suggesting
> > would have been "pair," which is what I expected him to say.
> >
> > I think the word "set" was carefully chosen to show that he 
thinks of
> > them as collectibles, and not really people. ...
> > I think it's there to provide some insight as to
> > how Slughorn regards his "juicy flies."
> 
> 
> Kemper now:
> I agree with Sarah.  And to expand on the 'collectible' implication
> that comes from Slughorn's word choice of 'set', it makes me think
> that was valued highly not only because he was a Black and had
> influence but because he was as powerful and creative a wizard as
> Sirius.

Alla:

Ugh, trying to cut something and not sure what to cut. Oh well.

Sarah's point is a good one, absolutely. I am just thinking that it 
is not mutually exclusive with what I was trying to say.

Sure, it is quite likely that Slughorn thought of Black brothers as 
*collectible set to own* or something like that.

I mean, I do not think that this is necessarily the only thing he 
thought of them, since on the example of Lily we do see IMO that 
Slughorn can feel affection to his students as people as well, but I 
do not dispute Sarah's point.

What I was trying to say is that the fact that Slughorn refered to 
them together, that he **knew** that they were brothers may imply 
that Sirius and Regulus were not just enemies in Hogwarts, if that 
makes sense.

Of course he may have known that they were brothers simply because 
they had the same last name, hehe.

But since Sirius broke any connection with his family at some point, 
I would think he would have been happy to not communicate with 
Regulus at all, if that makes sense again.

JMO,

Alla.