Re: R.A.B. is definitely Regulus

In article <dtkp81$6l8$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, brian@xxxxxxx (Brian Tung) wrote:

Green-Eyed Chris wrote:
My apologies, should my English turn out to be a bit rusty. But your "Can
you explain that one for those of us in the cheap seats?" sounded like a
thinly veiled accusation of condescension which I, in turn, felt was not
called for.

Actually, it's a figure of self-depreciation. Meaning, I (along with
probably quite a few other folks) am not a Harry Potter expert, so if
you could explain your reasoning (because it certainly wasn't obvious
to me), that would help a lot. If you interpreted my question as
condescending, then I quite understand your reaction. But that's not
the way my question was meant at all.

O.K. Brian, I'm glad we cleared that up. I don't see myself as an expert
either. The only thing that the dates tell me is that the younger Regulus,
at 18, seems too young to have done everything that R.A.B. is credited
with and that the elder Regulus, at 53, did not reach the age which we
would normally attribute to a wizard.

I can remember, Troels insisting that a credible source had revealed that
the "A" stood for Arcturus. I wrote then that I wouldn't put it past JKR
(who admitted that Regulus "would be a good guess") to thumb her nose at
us and say: "I let you get the "R" right, but I tricked you on the "A"."
That old feeling came back full force when I saw the second Regulus in the
completed Black family tree.

Perhaps, the elder Regulus had an issue with LV which the younger Regulus,
the great-nephew that he nver new, carried on. Many here have speculated
that R.A.B. could have been two people, but that was based mostly on the
"A" being an "And".

It is also interesting that the younger Regulus and his father both died
in the same year. Was Orion really as rabid about blood purity as
Walburga? Might he secretly have been on his son's side?

I wrote "R.A.B. is definitely Regulus" as a conscious provocation to get a
discussion going, but I'm not dumb enough to claim that I can prove
anything. ;-)
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Chris
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