Re: Regulus Arcturus Black

[Magic_mom]
>> > I love these *well placed sources*.. if it's anyone working anywhere
>> > near JKR and the books, they've just lost a job I would think. Plus the
>> > fact that name has, to the best of my recalling, not EVER been
>> > mentioned in the books. Since JKR has said, and I am repeating this way
>> > too many times... she has said we have all the information we need IN
>> > THE BOOK to figure this out.

[Tim Peters]
>> Did she really? I'm assuming this comes from the joint Leaky Cauldron /
>> Mugglenet HBP post-release interview; if so, I don't think she did say
>> it:

<snips>

[Magic_mom]
> Ok I swear I am looking all over for it.. I know I read it as coming
> from JKR herself.. it is not coming to me at all and I am going to keep
> looking.. if I can't find it.. sigh.. mega mea culpa etc etc. And I
> won't even duck if you send a bat bogey my way..

Oh no, there's never need to duck. I only attack in self-defense -- or when
the Dumbledore voice in my head orders it ;-)

You can search for most anything JKR ever said here (this is how I find
devastating <wink> quotes):

http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/index2.html

There's more on R.A.B. in the interview I quoted from before, but that
interview is the only search hit on R.A.B.. Curiously, from a World Book
Day Chat in March, 2004:

Cathedral: Will we be hearing anything from Sirius Black's brother,
Regulus, in future books?
JK Rowling replies -> Well, he's dead, so he's pretty quiet these days.

Hmm.


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