[HPforGrownups] R.A.B. Theory/Question

[k12listmomma]

No: HPFGUIDX 172003

From: "Katie" <anigrrrl2 at yahoo.com
> So, I have really been thinking hard about R.A.B. lately, and I am
> quite convinced that it is Regulus Black. I know, I know, duh, where's
> the new theory?
>
> Well, maybe someone has mentioned this before, but what if Regulus
> isn't dead? What if, like many other people we know, he simply went
> into hiding? What if he's actually on our side? I have this wonderful
> thought bubbling up in me, that maybe, if Sirius doesn't come back,
> Harry will get to be with Regulus, and get to know Sirius through his
> brother.
>
> I don't know why I think that...I just have a feeling that Sirius isn't
> coming back, but that Harry will have another shot at having a family.
> Anyway, just wanted to toss that out there before all of our theories
> are either disproved or proved this weekend! Harry on, Katie


I have several problems with the Regulus theory- he died at just 18, 
according to some of the family trees floating around.... and that's just 
too young to do the complicated stunt that DD did just to enter that cave, 
which makes me wonder if he was the UNDERAGE wizard involved when the real 
locket was stolen.....you know, a few months beneath the age of 17, just 
like Harry was?

So, if that piece of the puzzle holds, who would have be the "fully 
qualified" wizard who went with him? The other angles of this theory all 
have Regulus as the "of age" wizard, with some accomplice like Kreacher who 
would have been his second, but that supposes way too much information on 
the part of Regulus to know all those spells and advanced magic- no, I think 
it makes much more sense that Regulus was a brash, daring Harry type who was 
trying to make a difference long before he was even of age. He steals the 
locket, joins Voldemort to gain yet more information as a spy, and then gets 
offed when LV reads his mind and discovers his treachery. Maybe LV didn't 
see the stolen locket incident, but another thought that spoke of a lack of 
loyalty, and for that other act or thought of betrayal, he was killed.

Shelley