His Little Helper

carolynwhite2 carolynwhite2 at carolynwhite2.yahoo.invalid
Tue Jul 26 22:10:17 UTC 2005


--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, Magda Grantwich 
<mgrantwich at y...> wrote:

Why wouldn't he be up to it? Just because that keen-eyed, objective,
observor of humanity, Sirius Black, doesn't think his kid brother
amounted to much, does that mean there wasn't more to the boy than
was immediately apparent?
<snip> 
And if Regulus was RAB it won't be because he's important to the plot
but rather because it ties into a few other plot points that are
hanging loose at the moment:
<snip list>

Carolyn:
Well, for all the reasons outlined in my earlier post, I just don't 
think he could have done the job alone, however courageous. This 
heist took knowledge and power, the sort DD had sifted away in his 
150 yr old brain, not easily acquired by an angry teenager, whether 
he was a junior DE or not. 

The current whereabouts of the real locket (if 12 GP) isn't 
conclusive that Reg planned and executed the theft, only strong 
evidence that he was involved. Talisman thought he did it with 
Kreacher, but how could the elf rationalise his involvement, even if 
strong enough to be an accomplice? It would also mean Kreacher made 
Regulus drink the poison... 

I still prefer my idea that it could have been Regulus' father, who 
thought Voldemort had started to go to far, and wanted to give his 
son a way out by helping him with his revenge. His father could then 
have killed himself by way of atonement for making his son poison 
himself. Or Uncle Alphard, as someone said - good reason for leaving 
his money to Sirius after that.

Children quite often have the same initials as their parents (did 
anyone else catch the fact that Merope, Morfin and Marvolo are all 
MG? I thought she might have some fun with that, but was 
disappointed).

A further interesting footnote is that Regulus is described as dying 
15 years previous to when Harry first sees the tapestry. That's 1980, 
the year Harry was born. If Regulus did take the locket, what was the 
trigger for him attempting it at that particular time? Voldemort was 
still very strong, although he had heard part of the prophecy at that 
point.

Carolyn






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