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

[k12listmomma]

No: HPFGUIDX 172023

By the way, this initial "from" line is wrong... I had answered Katie- this 
quote is from Shelley, k12listmomma.
>> From: "Katie" <anigrrrl2 at ...
>> 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?
>>
>> Shelley
>>
>
> Colwilrin:
>
> Oh, the ESE!DD's out there are going to love this one.
>
> 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.
>
> So, why would DD bring Harry out on a hunt for a Horcrux he knows if
> fake?  Harry's last "training mission"...he wants to see if Harry is
> ready for the real battles.
>
> Also, it gets Harry out of the castle to set up the final scene.  DD
> knows what Draco is planning.  Harry's info about Draco plus Snape's
> information was enough for DD to figure out the whole scheme.  DD
> knows that Voldy is gaining too much power, and the only way to
> defeat him is to set Harry on his final path.  To have all his "ducks
> in a row"...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
>
> The potion just allows him to die under his own terms...when it will
> do the most good )...DD times it just right so he arrives at the
> tower to put on his little "play" in front of Harry and the death
> eaters.  The DE believe Snape has finally shown undeniable allegiance
> to Voldy...and Harry had to see it too...until that moment...if Voldy
> got a hold of Harry...he would know that some part of Harry was told
> to trust Snape.  This way, his distrust of Snape is complete...so
> there is no danger to Snapes "deep cover" in the DE.
>
> 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.
>



Shelley again:
No, it doesn't sound far fetched- I've heard worse, and you just completed 
my thought for me. I had thought, maybe DD, but I couldn't work out a 
possible explanation for why he would want to repeat what he had done 
before....

... so, you think LV's potion refilled itself with the same material? Or did 
DD replace it with the same poison? Could he have even a different one, 
maybe one even deadlier, hoping to off LV himself should he ever come back 
to get the locket? That way, he would have known exactly what it would have 
done to him- and how fast it would kill him, and he could have told Severus 
the antidote if there was time and the circumstances were right.

I think you are right- DD seems to know far too much of what was to happen 
that night, and wasn't surprised in the least by any of it.

Shelley