Regulus' death(was: Snape - a werewolf bigot?? Was: Say it isn't so Lupin!!!

[wynnleaf]

No: HPFGUIDX 170234

> lizzyben04:
> The problem I have with that theory is that neither Sirius nor 
Lupin
> seem to have any idea what Regulus was up to. 
><snips> 
> It actually doesn't seem like Sirius had any contact with his
> brother at all since graduating Hogwarts, maybe even since he was
> first sorted into Slytherin, and that's a little sad. At first, I
> assumed Regulus was killed while Sirius was in Azkaban, which would
> explain his lack of knowledge or interest in the event. But no,
> Regulus died in 1979, at the age of eighteen. Sirius would've been
> 21 at the time, and still free & happy. Didn't he care? Didn't he
> want to know more about what happened? I get the impression that
> when Sirius cut himself off the Blacks, he *really* cut himself 
off,
> to the point that he never even spoke to his brother again. (This
> this seems to parallel rebel Sirius with suck-up Percy Weasley!)
> Maybe he avoided information about Regulus's death in order to 
avoid
> his own feelings
> of guilt.
>
wynnleaf
My impression was that Sirius' knowledge was rather vague about what 
happened to Regulus.

So where did Lupin get his "few days" knowledge if not from Sirius?  
And if Lupin had that knowledge, why didn't Sirius appear to have 
it?  

Some speculate that the info came from Dumbledore.  But Dumbledore 
did *not* share information about Snape's turning from Voldemort to 
the Order back at that time, so I can't see it likely that he'd 
share information about Regulus turning either -- assuming 
Dumbledore knew anything.

Further, if Dumbledore *did* know more info and shared it, wouldn't 
he have been more likely to share it with Sirius than with Lupin?  
Yet Lupin seemed to have the greater knowledge.

And this is a piece of literature, after all.  

This comment by Lupin could a small plot hole, without any real 
explanation for how Lupin knew when Regulus turned and therefore 
knew it was only "a few days" before he was killed.

On the other hand, if there *is* an explanation, then JKR obviously 
knows exactly what that explanation is and it has some importance.  
And if it has some importance, it's not something trivial -- 
although it could have more to do with Regulus' possible activities 
surrounding the horcruxes than anything bad about Lupin.

The problem with the "plot hole" option is that there are just too 
many plot holes surrounding Lupin's actions and comments for me to 
think all of those plot holes are just JKR slipping up more often 
with Lupin than other major characters.

wynnleaf