Blue824
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I''m posting for sjz, here are her theories and thoughts!!
sjz, I basically copied the entire PM!
(( I think that RAB is Regulus Black. I think that he realized what Voldemort was up to, and figured out the Horcrux thing. I''m not even positive that Regulus is even dead. He wouldn''t be the first person to fake his death...Wormtail comes to mind! I had even thought that it''s possible that Regulus was also an animagus like Sirius. JK uses a lot of mythology to come up with names and that sort of thing. Sirius is the name of the constellation of the Dog...Sirius''s animagus form was a dog. Regulus is one of the stars that makes up the constellation Leo...the lion. The lion is a cat! JK has hinted that there is more to Crookshanks than being a cat...what if Regulus isn''t dead, and he''s been masquerading as Crookshanks! Remember how Crookshanks was always after Ron''s rat? Even before anyone knew he was really Wormtail? And in the Order of the Phoenix, there were several mentions of Crookshanks rubbing against Sirius''s leg, or sitting in his lap! There was even that scene where Sirius appeared to Harry, Ron, and Hermione in the fireplace in Gryffindor tower, and Crookshanks tried to get to him in the fire! I had missed a lot of that when I read OOTP before, but it all kind of jumped out at me when I read it again!
This also relates to the Horcruxes...when the gang was cleaning out Sirius''s house in OOTP, one of the family artifacts they found was a large gold locket that nobody could open...just like the one that Dumbledore and Harry were looking for in the cave in the last book. The one that turned out to be a fake with the note from RAB...maybe Regulus took the locket, intending to destroy it, but never got the chance, so he stashed it in the family home? I am also convinced that one of the other Horcruxes is Nagini, the snake! Voldemort places a lot of importance on that snake, and it goes everywhere with him. He is even able to posses the snake, like he did when he attacked Mr. Weasley in the Ministry of Magic. The snake would also be a symbol of Slytherin.
As for Snape...I''m still not convinced that he is working for Voldemort. Nothing in these books is written by chance. There is a reason for the scene between Narcissa and Snape where she makes him take the unbreakable vow to protect Draco. I think it''s because JK wants us to be familiar with unbreakable vows. I think it''s going to be revealed that Snape made another unbreakable vow one other time...to protect Harry! That''s why, even though he seems to despise Harry, he never hurts him, and goes out of his way to protect him. I kind of think that Snape made the vow to either Harry''s Parents (probably Lily) or to Dumbledore. I also think that Dumbledore''s death is a set up. Either he had Snape kill him so that he could put a protection on Hogwarts, similar to the one Lily put on Harry when she sacrificed her life for him, or Dumbledore and Snape faked the whole thing! Dumbledore may not be dead at all. Read the chapter about Dumbledore''s funeral. Hagrid carried him in under a cloak. We did not really see Dumbledore. There were a lot of distracting things going on, like the centaurs shooting arrows, Grawp, the Phoenix song, and the flames. Dumbledore is a very powerful and clever wizard. If anyone could convince the entire wizarding world he was dead, he could do it. I think that''s why people like Delores Umbridge were present, to be witnesses! And what better witnesses than people that didn''t like Dumbledore!
Oh, and the reason that Dumbledore trusts Snape! I think it''s because Dumbledore knows that Snape made an unbreakable vow to protect Harry. Like I said in my other post...either Dumbldore made Snape do it, or he knows somehow that Lily or James (or possibly even Sirius) made him take the vow. There is no way possible that Snape could be loyal to Voldemort while protecting Harry at the same time! Voldemort and the Death Eaters have already tried to kill Harry on several occasions, and Snape has had many opportunities to either kill Harry himself, or allow Harry to be killed, but he keeps protecting Harry! I think what he told Narcissa and Bellatrix about Voldemort wanting to be the one who kills Harry was just a cover for why he hadn''t done it himself. After all...nobody knew that part of the prophecy except Dumbledore! Snape was caught and hauled away before he heard the end of the prophecy which said that one of them had to kill the other. And I highly doubt that Dumbledore would have told Snape about that part of it. I also think that''s why it''s possible that Snape didn''t really kill Dumbledore. ))
SJZ, I thought the stuff about the connectiosn with mythology/stars is interesting! I never even would''ve thought of that.
sjz, I basically copied the entire PM!
(( I think that RAB is Regulus Black. I think that he realized what Voldemort was up to, and figured out the Horcrux thing. I''m not even positive that Regulus is even dead. He wouldn''t be the first person to fake his death...Wormtail comes to mind! I had even thought that it''s possible that Regulus was also an animagus like Sirius. JK uses a lot of mythology to come up with names and that sort of thing. Sirius is the name of the constellation of the Dog...Sirius''s animagus form was a dog. Regulus is one of the stars that makes up the constellation Leo...the lion. The lion is a cat! JK has hinted that there is more to Crookshanks than being a cat...what if Regulus isn''t dead, and he''s been masquerading as Crookshanks! Remember how Crookshanks was always after Ron''s rat? Even before anyone knew he was really Wormtail? And in the Order of the Phoenix, there were several mentions of Crookshanks rubbing against Sirius''s leg, or sitting in his lap! There was even that scene where Sirius appeared to Harry, Ron, and Hermione in the fireplace in Gryffindor tower, and Crookshanks tried to get to him in the fire! I had missed a lot of that when I read OOTP before, but it all kind of jumped out at me when I read it again!
This also relates to the Horcruxes...when the gang was cleaning out Sirius''s house in OOTP, one of the family artifacts they found was a large gold locket that nobody could open...just like the one that Dumbledore and Harry were looking for in the cave in the last book. The one that turned out to be a fake with the note from RAB...maybe Regulus took the locket, intending to destroy it, but never got the chance, so he stashed it in the family home? I am also convinced that one of the other Horcruxes is Nagini, the snake! Voldemort places a lot of importance on that snake, and it goes everywhere with him. He is even able to posses the snake, like he did when he attacked Mr. Weasley in the Ministry of Magic. The snake would also be a symbol of Slytherin.
As for Snape...I''m still not convinced that he is working for Voldemort. Nothing in these books is written by chance. There is a reason for the scene between Narcissa and Snape where she makes him take the unbreakable vow to protect Draco. I think it''s because JK wants us to be familiar with unbreakable vows. I think it''s going to be revealed that Snape made another unbreakable vow one other time...to protect Harry! That''s why, even though he seems to despise Harry, he never hurts him, and goes out of his way to protect him. I kind of think that Snape made the vow to either Harry''s Parents (probably Lily) or to Dumbledore. I also think that Dumbledore''s death is a set up. Either he had Snape kill him so that he could put a protection on Hogwarts, similar to the one Lily put on Harry when she sacrificed her life for him, or Dumbledore and Snape faked the whole thing! Dumbledore may not be dead at all. Read the chapter about Dumbledore''s funeral. Hagrid carried him in under a cloak. We did not really see Dumbledore. There were a lot of distracting things going on, like the centaurs shooting arrows, Grawp, the Phoenix song, and the flames. Dumbledore is a very powerful and clever wizard. If anyone could convince the entire wizarding world he was dead, he could do it. I think that''s why people like Delores Umbridge were present, to be witnesses! And what better witnesses than people that didn''t like Dumbledore!
Oh, and the reason that Dumbledore trusts Snape! I think it''s because Dumbledore knows that Snape made an unbreakable vow to protect Harry. Like I said in my other post...either Dumbldore made Snape do it, or he knows somehow that Lily or James (or possibly even Sirius) made him take the vow. There is no way possible that Snape could be loyal to Voldemort while protecting Harry at the same time! Voldemort and the Death Eaters have already tried to kill Harry on several occasions, and Snape has had many opportunities to either kill Harry himself, or allow Harry to be killed, but he keeps protecting Harry! I think what he told Narcissa and Bellatrix about Voldemort wanting to be the one who kills Harry was just a cover for why he hadn''t done it himself. After all...nobody knew that part of the prophecy except Dumbledore! Snape was caught and hauled away before he heard the end of the prophecy which said that one of them had to kill the other. And I highly doubt that Dumbledore would have told Snape about that part of it. I also think that''s why it''s possible that Snape didn''t really kill Dumbledore. ))
SJZ, I thought the stuff about the connectiosn with mythology/stars is interesting! I never even would''ve thought of that.