[HPforGrownups] Re: R.A.B. Theory/Question - combining ESE!DD (long)

[Kathryn Lambert]

No: HPFGUIDX 172014



colwilrin <colwilrin at yahoo.com> wrote:          
Colwilrin:

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The last part of HBP has always bothered me...the more I read it, the 
more staged it appears. DD warns Harry he must keep on doing 
whatever DD says...no matter what. As IF DD already knew what lie 
ahead. He seems to know where all the perils are and how to get 
about them quickly.

So, here is the theory. RAB was the "underage" wizard. He brought 
along the locket...and wrote the note tucked inside of it before the 
locket was switched. DD was the older wizard. He got through all 
the obstacles, when it came to drinking from the goblet...he had 
Regulus do it. He was there to watch its effects...and to see 
exactly how long it was from the time of drinking until the time of 
death (RAB's death that is).

This would explain his warning to Harry. DD fully intends on 
drinking from the goblet...and knows how it will look to Harry. He 
also knows that he will die in a specified time after drinking it.

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  "...DD must get Snape firmly entrenced in Voldy's good 
graces...where he can help Harry most. DD knows he must die. He 
goes on the adventure...drinks the poison (I also believe at this 
point DD is already dying from the black arm injury...or from lack 
of "Nicholas Flammel immortality potion" )

This would also explain DD's horror while drinking the potion...he is 
remembering RAB drinking it while he forced it down RAB's 
throat...and is saying, take me instead
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  Snape never AK's DD...the potion took its course...and either Snape 
or DD himself...flung DD off the tower to come to crash on the ground 
below...dead from the potion.

I know...really far fetched...but hey...only 4 days left.

Colwilrin...hoping..really hoping DD isn't half as manipulative as I 
fear. 

*****KATIE REPLIES:
  All I can say about that theory is that, as much as I wouldn't want it to be true, it would certainly be a shocking ending and it would certainly alienate a lot of fans, as JKR predicted the last book would. Also - it's brilliant. 
  While I truly believe DD is exactly what he seems to be - the most gifted and intelligent wizard of his time, a nice old man with a loving heart, and also slightly arrogant - It would be brilliant to have him turn out to be the master of everything that's happened so far...
  My only problem is...he's still dead. If he's this amster manipulator, wouldn't he want to be around to see everything he's planned come to fruition? Also, if he had been to the cave before with RAB, couldn't he have replaced the poison with something else, so that he wouldn't actually die? Wouldn't he want a plan that left him alive to reap the rewards?
  However, I do really like the idea of DD's hallucinations being watching RAB die...although I've already posted that I think RAB might be alive...
  ACK. Too many theories. Can't wait to actually find it all out! Alas, I believe I have reached my 5 post limit today, so I bid you all adieu until tomorrow! 
  Katie, hoping that Dumbledore IS what he appears, that Snape is NOT what he appears, that Ron and Hermione both survive, and that Harry lives a long happy life with Ginny and finally gets to have some peace. 


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