Likeable Regulus (Was: Villain!Dumbledore)

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 177974

> Carol responds:
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For me, he's "a right little hero," not for joining up but
for rebelling and sacrificing his life for, of all people, a House-Elf
that his brother Sirius wrongly held in contempt. The Gryffindor was
wrong and the Slytherin was right. Give me Regulus over Sirius, the
arrogant bully who never stopped mistrusting Snape, any day.


Alla:

Give me both Black brothers in any given day, hehe. I definitely want 
to voice my agreement not in dislike of Sirius but in liking Regulus.

Just to add couple small points. Regulus was a kid when he died, 
wasn't he? Was he seventeen or eighteenth? I thought eighteenth, but 
cannot double check Lexicon right now.

So, we do not know for sure when he joined, but it cannot be more 
than two years that it took him to be taken with Voldemort's ideology 
and then to become so disillusioned that he did all that.

Just imagine from sixteen to eighteen, such evolution in views. Poor 
child.

I always thought that Sirius spoke with bitterness when he talked 
about Regulus and that this bitterness did have the love behind it, 
just as Slughorn telling Harry that he must not consider him 
prejudiced covers the denial and shame. Speculating, yes.


But OMG  I think that Regulus act of defiance stands up with such 
clarity in the books.


I mean, just think he did for ONE house elf more than Hermione ever 
did for all her SPEW, no?


He valued his life more than his own. Yeah, Regulus Black is a hero 
to me all right.

To paraphrase Carol, since I adore Sirius as well, give me Regulus 
over quite a few Gryffindors for sure.

JMO,

Alla