New RAB theory...

[annemehr]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at ...> wrote:
>
>  
> > Carolyn:
> > I thought the argument was that RAB the younger didn't do it by 
> > himself, but only with the help of house-elf magic from Kreacher? 
> > (Although I've yet to hear any convincing argument as to why 
> > Kreacher would want to help him).

Anne:
I don't understand -- who cares what Kreacher wants, when he can
simply be ordered to do things?

Carolyn:
> > And the credibility point doesn't need to be reiterated, as Harry 
> > has already destroyed one Horcrumble, albeit with the help of 
> > Fawkes. Plus all the rest of the trio exploits if anyone needs any 
> > reminder of that theme. 
> > 
> 
> Pippin:
> 
<snip> But if people 
> don't need a reminder of that theme, why do they keep coming up with
> theories that someone other than young Regulus would have had a better
> chance of snitching the horthingy?
> 
> Pippin
>

Anne:
I don't understand any of the objections to RAB being Sirius's brother
-- especially as the note implies that the discovery of the existence
of the Locket Hx was an accident.  

On the other hand, there's nothing to rule out Regulus the elder,
either.  His opportunities are not as clearly delineated, though.  He
was 36 in 1942, which was the date on the Diary, so he did not know
Tom Riddle in school (though, as a younger son of Phineas Nigellus's
eldest son, he may have known Slughorn, and met Tom at a party).  Tom
Riddle worked for a while and begon collecting trophies -- but when
did he begin gathering DEs or their precursors?

Can't rule either of them out, can we?

Anne