The Harry Potter post I made when I finished reading the Half Blood Prince has been way more successful than I had imagined it would be. In fact I didn't even consider it would be different to any other normal post I make - it was written simply because I enjoy the books. However the post ended up getting ranked 2nd on Google for Harry Potter RAB (it's not any more), RAB being one of the big mysteries of the sixth book, and the hits to my site came flooding in. I'm currently at just under 140 comments and I should think it will grow a bit more yet.
It's all died down now but I did have a small panic about the amount of traffic I was getting, and hurriedly installed a page caching plugin that stops the server from having to do so much work.
How did this happen though? I suspect it's something to do with the way the site is laid out. When I was designing Binary Moon I decided to stick the content of the site at the top of the page code. This is a lot more common amongst standards based design. Using web standards to separate the style from the content keeps the visual code in a separate file making the overall page size nice and small and brings the actual readable content to the forefront of the code which is what the search engines appear to love.
You can see, from the screen grab on the right, that the search engine queries people have been using to find my site are pretty biased towards that Potter boy, although the Hoff has managed to just about hang in there.
Normally when I read the Potter books I spend a few days thinking, on and off, about what might happen in the next book and what all the secrets mean. Since the last Harry Potter post was so popular, and since so many people offered differing views, I'm thinking about looking into these theories a bit more and writing a more about Potter and his chums. Worry not though, I'll still be posting the usual boring nonsense as well 
Update: Wow - now this post is on the 1st page of Google searches for Harry Potter RAB - I wonder where the new Harry Potter RAB conspiracy theories will end up?
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"I’m currently at just under 140 comments"
You've clearly found your niche:-)
It could have been worse. I'm rather glad it wasn't David Hasselhoff who generated this sort of traffic
LOL!
Well according to what I just looked, you're now number 1 on google!!
Yeah - it's going up and down all the time
i think that you have made a lot of great points but i was thinking it could also be 3 people r then a then b but it could easily be regulus black but if it was i think he is dead because its been a month since i finish the 6th book i cant remember whether when they first got it it was a horcrux or has always been a fake if it has always been a fake(from the moment they take it from the basin) i think regulus could have gotten close enough in with the death eaters and found out where the horcruxes are but then after getting the locket was killed not because voldemort knew what he was doing but because he was suspicious of him and still hasnt found out.
i agree with the regulus black theory but i also think there could be something in the amy benson theory because even though she was a muggle, tom riddle showed her and the boy to the cave and the book says they were never the same again so i suspect he killed the person needed to make the horcrux in their presence and thought that as she was a muggle she would never be able to get to it but if you think all of the things you needed to do to get the horcrux could be done by a muggle
PS. HOW WAS REGULUS BLACK SUPOSED TO HAVE DIED?
Ummm Sirius says it himself Regulus was a coward! I dont think Regulug stole the horcrux. Neither do i think that it was stolen by a muggle i mean really a muggle? No, i didnt think so. My theory is that Sirius' uncle stole it. If you look in HP:the order of the Phoenix on page 104 Sirius is talking to Harry about how he was blasted of the Blacks family tree, he then points out that his uncle Alphard was also blasted off the tree. It is not uncommin to call ones uncle y there middle name i do it myself. Rowling is also known for her switching of names for example Tonks being known by her last name rather then her first. Anyway this uncle of Sirius left sirius a fair amount of gold because he was seen as the only other decent person in the family. Why else would this uncle have been blasted off the tree then to be against Voldamort! Why else would Rowling point out that this uncle had also been blasted off the tree.
RAB >>> R. Alphard Black
Hi Lockie
Did you actually read my other Harry Potter posts?
You've basically just repeated what I said before
I think the marauders gang was in slytherin. In book 1 Hagrid tells Harry "no witch or wizard who went bad that wasn't in Slytherin." When Hagrid says this, Sirius was believed to have betrayed Harrys parents and joined Voldemort. Also, if Sirius was in Slytherin, it makes sense for his friends to be in it also.
I think that this is quite interestingt i think it could be professor binns
What of either Borgan or Burkes (of the store in Knockturn alley)?
R.A.B.... I have been wondering who that might be.
But the more theories I read, the more idea's I am getting, and the more unlikely they all seem, since we all seem blessed with too much imagination!
So I'm going to stop my search for R.A.B. and trying to make up small theories if Snape is or still isn't trustworthy.
If you ask me, he killed Dumbledore because Dumbledore asked him to do when he said: 'Please.. Severus'. Since they both are extremely good at reading minds and blocking/allowing other people into their minds, I think this is not out of the question.
Dumbledore trusted Snape for 100%, and since 'we', who took Dumbledore's word for granted all the time like the people in the book (at least I do), I still believe him when Snape can be trusted.
Dumbledore must have felt he was going to die... And Snape was the perfect person to do the 'finishing touch' to keep on good feet with Voldemort.
Anyway, I finished the book about half an hour ago, and I'm still quite 'touched' by the fact Dumbledore died. To me, he was a inspiration for wisdom.
Greetings from Belgium
It was obviously Regulus Black.
They said he was a death eater but then got killed for wanting to quit.
And, in Order Of The Phoenix (page 108) they mention among the things they clear from the house, 'A heavy locket that no-one could open'
And THAT was the real Horcrux.
Very likely that it was Regulus Black my friends:) I'll explain why in a jiffy!
First of all, I'm a huge fan of the Potter books (aint we all) and i'm from Holland. Now you might think, so what?!?! Like we care you are from Holland. Well you should! First i've read the english version of part 6, The halfblood prince. In the end, when they have the horcrux it says R.A.B. had it before Dumbledore and Harry's attempt. Now the thing is:
In the english version Sirius last name is Black. With the B from Burger. In the Dutch version, wich i just finished (translation takes a while :@ ) the name of Sirius lastname is Zwarts. And yes you never guess, instead of R.A.B. on the note on the fake horcrux, the dutch version displays R.A.Z. So Regulus A... Black in english is Regulus A... Zwarts in dutch. It all fits:) I hope im your hero now!
um, i know this is a bit off the topic but i think i know what all 7 horcruxes are.
voldemort wanted to split his soul so that there are 7 of them, right? so...
1 the soul still in voldemort(pg470 6th book)
2 riddle's diary
3 the ring
4 the locket
5 hufflepuff's cup
6 dumbledore's theory of nagini, voldemort's snake*
7 the soul that harry killed when the curse rebounded
*dumbledore said that voldemort has an unusually strong connection with his snake, even for a parselmouth. the reason might be because they are connected with the same soul, even if it is broken up.
i think i'm pretty accurate because people themselves were questioning howcome voldemort is still alive when the curse rebounded. dumbledore also said that you have to kill to split your soul, so voldemort was planning to split his soul again by killing harry (says so in the half-blood prince book). and harry is the chosen one, no doubt. something i finally understood when i read the book again. harry didnt go to the dark side because he can feel and understand love. its hard to explain, maybe a later time but it's true. voldemort MADE it harry by attacking him. but that's not the only reason...
harry cant be a horcrux because there is no more space for another bit of soul plus harry's. harry would be dead by now.
thanks for reading!
long ps: regulus probably did have something to do with the horcrux but if kreacher has it, he might not be able to give it to harry even if he demanded it. pg731 not a quote:kreacher has been serving more than 1 master. if lucius says no, kreacher will be delighted to follow his commands instead. i love this job : )
Hey everyone, I have been thinking about a lot of things in the HBP(half-blood prince) and I have a lot of theories/questions I need to ask somebody. Hopefully, people will reply to these. FIrst off: Who is R.A.B.? Personally, I have no idea who it could be. It could be someone related to Susan Bones, could be Borgan and Burkes, and then there is the ever popular Regulus Agustus Black. However, I don't think that JKR would make it that obvious. It could be Bins, now that I think about it.
Second of all:
Is Dumbledore dead????????///
YES HE IS I will give proof later
That is all for now, please reply back!
I think Vol. and Dumdldore are the same person. In the fourth book when harry returned from the grave yard he told dumbldore that voldm. could touch him without being harmed. After saying Dumbl had a glimpse of triumph in his eyes. This being coincidence. i dont think so. Also i think vold. is harry's son. he went back in time to get back at harry for not letting him get a dog for christmas. that is why vold. is giving harry so much grief. But he is also good because he is dumbl. Write back to me with your comments. ley me know if i am headin in the right direction.
Does anyone else think that, voldemort was really trying to "kill" harry? I think that he was actually marking his equal as a horccrux so that if he dies, harry has to die so that voldemort can never return. I know voldemort even said that it is a mystery as to why he was taken powerless, but maybe his soul was split one too many times.
it could be casy, it would be cool
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but then harry potter have to die, that's not cool
however
Okay I have a slightly wild and out there theory. I believe that theres a possibilty that James Potter ISN'T Harry's real dad. In The Order of the Pheonix Harry finds out that Snape liked, loved (whatever) Lily only god knows what they did in the creepy dunegons at night. I think that there is a possiblity that Snape is Harry's father, and thats why Dumbledore was so idle to trust him. Thats also explains why Snape would dislike him because he was raised by his arch enemy James.
IS that completely out there?
Iluvy, that theory is a little out there considering the repetetive allusions in the books to Harry's looking like his father (James). Harry doesn't have to take these observations on faith either as he noticed his similar appearance to James in Snape's memory from the penseive in his fifth year.
It has, as i said earlier, got to be prof binns as he could have died destroying the horcrux
According to the Dutch translation all suggested possiilities except Black cannot be right (see also post 16 above and posts 484 through 487 at http://www.binarymoon.co.uk/...potter-half-blood-prince/ for more).
I think that Nigini is one of the horcruxes because in the 5th book voldemort was possesing the snake to go into the department of mysteries and so he could get the propheies. Maybe he like went into his soul concenled in there and control her and that is how harry ended up with that snake because voldemort got like more of his soul and harry like attacted to it well this probably does make sense but it sounded right in my head!! places of the horcruxes and where they were or still are:
1)Ring: the house of gaunt!(Destoyed)
2)diary:at malfoys house (destoyed!)
3) Cup: At Hepizbah Smith house
4) locket: the cave now #12 gimald Place!
5) Something of giffidor: Godrics hallow.
6) nigini: with Vlodemort
7) in voldemort.
if you have any quest about why i say these ask away but i dont feel like adding on right now but i cant wait till someone asks kk,
xoxo,
Jessie
P.S> did you guys know that Lord Voldemort has the same intials as Louis Vuitton Voldemort is sooooo like not that worthy lol!!! Kisses bye
hey jessie you are right i think.
I've forgotten that harry was in nagini when nagini attacked mr. weasley.
Harry could get in voldemorts soul, but why could he get in nagini soul? because there is a part of voldemort's soul in nagini. nagini is definitely a horcrux!
Also i think that r.a.b. is not regulus black, neither anyone we know from the books. that would be too easy. maybe it is someone who hermione mentioned, or someone who is hidden in the books.
I think his name comes on the site of rowling, by wizard of the month or something..
JKR: "What's very important for me is when Dumbledore says that you have to choose between what is right and what is easy. This is the setup for the next three books. All of them are going to have to choose, because what is easy is often not right.
If JKR needs to tell the readers something, she lets Hermione or Dumbledore say it.
maybe this count also for r.a.b. regulus black is easy, but is it right?
Make sense that Regulus is too easy but the way jk rowling like says stuff like he died 15 yrs ago or like regulus only lasted a copla days. when likeit was also 15 years ago almost accatly when harry's parents died so what did you think aboutt he whole snape thing and the whole dumbledore is dead because i'm mean ther is evidents that dumbledore is dead but i could just image like one day like harry goes somewhere and lke he sees dumbledore and dumbledore like saying "Harry you underestimate me" lol it is weird though because when dumbledore tomb was about to be closed harry said there was a flash of smoke or something and then he said he thought he saw fakxe(i dont know how to spell) fly the other way in the 5th book to leave the school when dumbledore had to cover up for harry because of the DA meetings he pull fakxes feather and there was smoke and he was gone???
xoxo,
JESSIE
In the 7th book Harry needs to become a hero out of his heart and not from "Dumb Luck" (Magonigal). He has been a lazy student of magic although gifted, and could have avoided the death of Sirus if he had opened his gift (the mirror) rather than pouting and throwing it in his trunk, and now he wonders if he may not be in part to blame for for Dumbledore's death. He has a great gift of talent, but no devotion to his art, and he causes messes by his immaturity. In this last book he must become a great wizard. Snape was developing his own spells as a student, as was Voldemort, and were the Weasly twins. Harry and Sirius made the Marauder's map and became anamagus. Harry has never showed much inclination to work except on the Patronis spell and for quidditch. He was also lazy when it came to learn occulmency. He wants shortcuts to success which generaly lead to failure. He has relied on friends and luck thus far.
I also think that Snape is interesting and may have more surprises, and is likely more complicated than either good or bad. I think he was in love with Lilly who was kind to him. Maybe he helped Lilly with her potions - maybe he admired her skills in this area. It would make it easy for him to hate James Potter, but harder to hate Harry who had her eyes. Snape's complaints with Harry are really fairly true - Harry he does not control his mind, Snape actually tells him what he needs to know to become a better wizard, and does not punish him when he almost kills Malfoy. Harry does not listen. He is too filled with hate to see it.
Harry was wrong about Sirius, and he is wrong about Snape. Snape has killed Dumbledore, and risks death from both sides. Although he is usually cool, he freaks out when called a coward.
Finally, just a theory - but why does R.A.B. have to still be alive? Can the Scar be a Horcruz - it would mean that Harry might have to destroy the magic in himself to destroy it - or if he learned to control it - he might send it back to Voldemort.
Part of me is leaning towards the Regulas direction and I had an interesting thought. What if Regulas is an unregistered animagnus...and is Hermione's cat-Crookshanks? That would explain why Crookshanks was able and willing to help Sirius in POA. I could be way off target here but I think we might see that there is more to "Crookshanks" than we know now.
Just a thought.
Tommy
tommy, jkrowling has said that regulus is not a animagnus, but i'm not sure of that, it could be anyone else, actuall.
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But youre right about the thing that harry was lazy in his years at hogwarts. I also think that he need to learn occlumence or legilimens or whatever it is..
but who gonna learn him that? Snape? i think it takes a while till harry believe that snape is good. ( if he's good, but i'm practically sure of that.)
I always have thougt that the cat of hermione is a animagnus, but i'm not sure.. maybe the cat is dumbledore's brother or RAB... that would be cool.. :p
does anyone know when the new book is coming out? she start in January with writing..
I think the love thing is really important, because Dumbledore stresses it so much. But I do have a question, is killing Voldemort right or easy? It seems right, but is it only easy to kill for revenge?
dumbledores brother is the head barman at the hogs head because it decribes him the same as dumbledore describes him and in the 6th book dumbeldore says when talking to riddle/voldemort "I'm just close with the head barman there" This is when riddle is asking for a job at hogwarts again!!!!the thing about choockshanks is smart because on the constalations surius is on a constalation of a dog and regulus is on a constallation leo (the lion) which is a cat and chookshanks is like alion like the same color and every thing.
xoxo,
Jessie
Crookshanks has always seemed to be a likely candidate to be an animangus, but JK Rowling put down all these rumors on her site (www.jkrowling.com) when she explained that the cats ability to detect deceitful people comes from his kneazle anscestory. You can look up kneazles on the HP lexicon and the definition fits Crookshanks perfectly.
On another note I wanted to extend on my earlier love theory. It has always been my opinion that the blood transfer from Harry to Voldermort in the fourth book was significant in that it gave Voldermort the ability to love. This is evidenced by the unexplained triumphant look when Dumbledore hears about the transfer and also possibly by Voldermort's asserion after the transfer the he has become "sentimental". Before I speculated that Harry would have to teach Voldermort to love by sympathizing over their shockingly similar pasts, but now I am thinking there is a more specific object for Voldermort's affection, his Mother. Voldermort never seems to understand the true story about his mother and seems to think she was betrayed by her father (which is only halfway true as Merope did force Tom Riddle Sr. into marriage with the love potion before Tom left after the potions effects were lifted). It seems possible that Harry will have to show Voldermort that the one decision his mother made should not make him eternally isolated and unable to love. Merope did not stay alive for her son, and I feel this is the central point, while Lily gave everything she had to insure that Harry had a chance to live a good life. While both were given a chance to live out life Harry was infused with love from his mother's sacrifice that insured that he would not go down the wrong path in the future despite her not being there to nurture him. Voldermort on the other hand didn't get the blessing of a mom's influence in his childhood or the other blessing of his mom giving up everything to insure his future survival, and thusly substituting that act for a childhood of motherly nurturing. Harry is going to have to show Voldermort how people with views like his own (Morfin and Marvolo) led Merope to her early death through sheltering and cruelty and that the only way to truly live is to love.
Here is something I have not seen much discussion about. Could Ginny Weasley be the final missing horcrux? Going back to book 2, Chamber of Secrets, when Harry was facing Tom Riddle in whatever form he was appearing when Harry had found Ginny in the Chamber, Riddle was explaining to Harry that he(Riddle) had made her write her own farewell and come down to the chamber to wait. Riddle states that "she put too much of herself into the diary, into me. Enough to let me leave its pages at last" Could Riddle have transferred the part of his soul stored in the diary to Ginny before Harry distroyed it in the chamber? Could Ginny hold the key to Voldemort's destruction, and will Harry have to make that call to finish him off or let Ginny / Voldemort survive through the power of love?
Any thoughts on this, anyone? Also, I think Snape is on the good side, but I have no idea why. Just a gut feeling.
I think it is regulus black because R.A.B. if you notice in the note he calls him the "dark lord" only his death eaters call him that.
continuing on with the point that neb said about the blood transfer between harry and voldemort. well you know how voldemort could then touch harry well mayb thats not the only thing that happened... thats y when harry returned from the graveyard dumbldore had a triumphant look in his eye... dumbledore knew that something else had happened when harrys blood got put into voldemorts.. voldemort and harry then had a different sort of connection, and dumbledore realised that, and mayb its a good thing as mayb they needed this sort of connection for harry to finish voldemort off. what sort of connection this is, i do not know but it could be something that jk.rowling didnt want to inform us on until the next book. that is what i think anyway.. feel free to elaborate, alter and adjust this theory as much as you want.. we may just get closer to the truth
bye xoxo
i think that regulus a. black may be R.A.B. and the one who took the horcrux from the cave and replaced it with the fake one. he was once a death eater so obviously he knew about the horcruxs but mayb something made him change sides and destroy the locket horcrux and thats y he was killed later (because voldemort found out he destroyed the horcrux). the locket at number 12 grimald place is mentioned as a "heavy locket" that knowbody was able to open. It was put into a rubbish bag to throw out, but it possibly didnt go into the bin. It says in ootp that kreacher was very fond of the family heirlooms, and when the weasleys and harry were putting old heirlooms and objects into a bag to throw in the trash it said that kreacher had snuck a few of the them into his room to protect them from being chucked out or destroyed... and now kreacher belongs to harry so it may not be the end of the locket.
There is also a good chance that Mungungus, or probably even a bettter chance that the barman at the Hog's Head (presumably Dumbledore's brother), has the locket. Mungungus definitely took stuff from #12 and the locket would have definitely caught his eye with the ornate snake denoting Slytherins's prior possession of the object. It could be the barman because when Harry meets Mundungus in Hogsmeade he sees the barman leaving Mundungus' side when he goes up to confront him.
If Volde knew that RAB had destroyed the horcrux, which was why Regulus died according to connie's theory, would Volde have needed to create another horcrux? I think we need to know WHEN RAB destroyed the horcrux, if it was the day Volde went to Dumbledore, or if it was the night he killed Lily and James, etc. I think the timing's really important.
i think that R.A.B stands for REGULAS.A.BLACK serious blacks brother it would make perfect sence
what you should look up is that in harry potter and the half blood prince while there cleaning out a cupboard serious throws a heavy locket into the bin along with other things i think that the locket was the horecrux cos regulas could have taken it to his perents house for safe keeping but died before he could destroy it or trying to find more horecruxes he must have known he was going to die after he got the houxcrux so stashing it where voldemort couldnt find it but others could would be logical
I have looked about (honest) to see if anyone else has already considered this, and I can't find anything, so I'd be interested in what you guys think.
Dumbledore's spell to freeze Harry supposedly lifted because Dumbledore died. Does this mean that ANY spell you have EVER cast ceases to have any effect once you are dead?
Think of the implications - for example I wouldn't want to be treated in the hosptal wing by an elderly witch - my magical cure wouldn't last that long.
If it doesn't work like that, how exactly does it work? Wouldn't it be a bit silly to say something like "any spell cast in the last six months will cease to have effect", or "only certain spells will cease to have effect". Or has Harry made the wrong assumption? Which brings me back to the "Is Dumbledore really dead? question.
let suppose that R.A.B really is regulus black, ok? like someone has already mentioned i believe that crookshanks is actually an animangus (unregestered of course). I think that crookshanks hidden identity may be either regulus himself, or someone of Voldemort's clan. oh yea and does anyone have an idea of what actually happened to dumbldore's hand in HBP? cuz i really never figured that little bit of information out. does anyone have theories on that???
thanx u rok!
ry
what if when the prophecy says, neither can live while the other surrvives, they mean that neither harry nor neville can survive while the other walks the earth???????????
Ryann - Krookshanks is a Kneazle - basically a very intelligent cat. This is confirmed by JK and I don't think she'd lie.
The prophecy is about Voldermort and the 'other' person. They only discovered it was Harry when Voldermort chose him. The passage has nothing to do with Neville.
Bob - I think the spell Dubledore was using was a jinx or something that involved concentration to hold (like the spell Quirell used on Harry's broom in the first book)
Ben...
Are you sure because in the book Dumbledore suggested that Neville may have been the other that was spoken of in the prophecy. What I was trying to ask was is it possible that Harry and Neville are possibly the enemies that are spoken of...has Jk Rowling confirmed that? Jk Rowling has quoted the book stating that she and Professor Trewdawney had worded it perfectly leaving the reader to have to pun the words. Once again has anyone a clue of what has happened to old Dumbledore's hand?
thanx!
ry
Ben, thanks for considering my post (#44), and your comment (#47).
On reflection, I may have been assuming things without evidence (shock, horror). The spell which immobilised Harry in Book6 Ch 27 was alluded to in the text as "a Freezing Charm" - this is Harry's perception. He is described as "instantly rigid and immobile ... propped like an unsteady statue, unable to move or speak".
We are not actually given the name of the spell, but I had assumed (bad, bad word) that it was "Petrificus Totalus", ie the full body bind, hence my post. Once Petrificus Totalus is cast, the person who cast the spell does not need any concentration to sustain the effect - they can, if they wish, walk away, as Hermione did after casting the spell on Neville in the first book, or as Harry did (well, he ran, actually) twice, in the opening pages of the next chapter (Book 6 Chapter 28).
Anyway, my point being - I will try to stop being a HP geek, and just enjoy the books. It's JKR's world, it's her imagination, and she can make her own rules - where magic is concerned, the rules don't even have to be consistent. We probably don't know everything she is ready to tell us about her perception of magic. What matters to me is that I enjoyed the books, and (hopefully), all will be revealed in Book 7. Even if any inconsistencies remain, so what? I know I couldn't write even one book which would captivate the world, let alone seven.
I have a feeling th eBloody Baron is going to become a big part in thi snext book. Nobody knows how he died, and he has silver blood on him. He has yo have a bigger role. do you think Malfoy will run yo the ordeer for safety? I think Harry is going to have to forgive him. That would bring out his love. I think Lord Voldemort could once love. He took 2 people into the cave with him, a boy and amy benson. I think voldemort once loved amy benson. I think Harry's parent grave is going to be where the final standoff is too.
I personailly think that harry and voldemorts last standoff is gonna be at Godric's Hollow, after all he did mention that he was going to go visit it didn't he? And wouldn't that be an ideal place for him Voldemort to fight to each others doom???
gordric hollow and gordric gyffidor are both where harry felt that he was at hgome maybe it has some thing to do with the Gordic and i read an inter view like that and there has to be something with harrys eyes because everyone always said you have your mums eyes and jk rowling wouldnt answer that question in an interview!!! any ideas???
xoxo,
~JESSIE~
My theory is that my friend has got a lighntning shaped scar that she got when she was drunk... and heres the scary thing... she just finished the 5th book.... I think shes a horcrux and the last stand off between them will take place in the real world when they magically come out the book.... maybe my friend is harry?????
maybe everyone knews lily's eyes, cause she was a legilimens or whatever it is called. She always look so deeply in others eyes to see what they thought. Maybe Harry has that too, but he have to learn it. The only reason he has not learn it from Snape is that he was hating Snape so much, he could't concetrate.
And, just a thougt, Maybe learnded Snape Lily that, that's why the know each other so well.
In chapter 6 of hbp when lupin finds out they have foun igor karkaroff's dead body he says "well frankly i'm surprised he stayed alive for even a year after deserting the death eaters;sirius's brother regulus only managed a few days as far as i cn remember"
so if regulus was rab then did he have much time to steal horcruxes.I mean he would have to find the place were it is get .Was that few das what lupin said were good for regulus
Regulus has to be RAB. It only makes sense, why else would the locket be at #12 Grimmauld Place? He may have been looking for Horcruxes before leaving the death eaters... besides it only took Harry and Dumbledore an evening to get to the cave with the fake locket. I wonder who helped RAB?
I have another interesting question, I don't know if anyone has been thinking about this or not... Is Kreacher(and Dobby of course) still trailing Malfoy as he was ordered by Harry?
I would like to say some things about the horcruxes because obviously many of you,have not understood what they really are.
Voldemort hadn't created all of his horcruxes when he first tried to kill Harry.He had planed to make his last one by killing Harry,but we all know that he failed.The reason why he did not die when he attacked Harry is the fact that the Avada Kedavra backfired and wasn't as powerful as it would have been if someone had casted it straight to him.The seventh horcrux was created with the death of the mugle gardener in Little Hangletton.The only strong object that was available at that moment to store the horcrux was Nagini.So the horcruxes are:1.the ring 2.the diary 3.the locket 4.hufflepuf's cup 5.something from Griffindor or Ravenclaw 6.Nagini and lastly the part of the soul which remains in Voldemort's body.
I also wanted to say that it is totally stupid,to claim that Harry could be a horcrux.This is silly because of two reasons.Firstly if he really had been a horcrux Voldemort wouldn't have tried to kill him several times because Harry would be precious to him.It would also be very ingenious not to try to protect him(since he was carrying a part of his existance).Secondly,the whole story would not be able to go on if Harry was a horcrux.This can be easily explained:Dumbledore had told Harry that if someone wanted to kill V he would have to destroy all horcruxes first,and then destroy the one remaining in V's body.Now if Harry was a horcrux he would have to kill himself and then,there would be noone to hunt the last part of V's soul!!
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im sure ur rite about regulus black being the one to have left the note but i have one main argument agenst it in OOTP it says that the Alphard that everyone is saying is where he got his middle name from got burned off the family tree so i dont think his parents would use his name because of ithat reson
this is my theory why Snape killed Dumbledore (yes, i do think dumbledore is dead!)
1. Snape has his pride. Too much pride.
2. Snape Killed Dumbledore because he took the unbreakable vow.
3. Snape took the unbreakable vow because he was in front of Bellatrix (chp. 2, HBP "spinners end"), who was taunting him about always slithering out of action. She didn't trust him. She thought he wasn't brave enough to take it. He needed to prove her wrong, so he took the vow that he would look after draco and kill dumbledore if draco couldn't do it.
I think that when Dumbledore said "Severus..." it was not a plea for life but that dumbledore somehow knoew that one of them was going to have to kill him so he did not want draco, who was still young, to be a murderer. he begged snape to do it instead.
Tell me if this is crazy or logical!
I was just watching the second movie on tv (but trust me I've read the books I promise) and I wanted to expand my Hogwarts is a Horcrux theory. I know i posted it on one of these walls, but here's the expanded "let's make sense" version.
My theory:
When Tom Riddle (Volde) killed Myrtle with the Basillisk he made Hogwarts a Horcrux. He asks Dumbledore what will happen if the murderer is not found, Dumbledore says Hogwarts will close. Riddle knows he has to act to keep his horcrux safe, so he blames Hagrid, then later Ginny when he opens it the second time. Hogwarts was his home, the one thing he cared about most, and it's probably the most protected thing in the entire wizarding world - a perfect horcrux. Volde chooses magical items that won't be accidentally destroyed, and Hogwarts fits the list. In the end, Harry will have to destroy Hogwarts, because as long as it stands, Volde lives on, and as long as Hogwarts stands and Volde lives on, the people in the different houses will always be feuding. For unity, Hogwarts needs to be destroyed. JKR has mentioned that the biggest choice for Harry will be to choose between what is right and what is easy. She's talking about destroying Hogwarts. It's the right thing, and the hardest thing for Harry to do. Plus look at mechanics, it would ensure no spinoff series. I think in the end people from all of the houses are going to have to unify, including Slytherin, to destroy Hogwarts, and to rebuild in the end. Maybe also the other magical creatures (mermaids in the lake, giants, spiders and centaurs in the forest) will have to unify with them, and most of them are conveniently located near Hogwarts. Also in the second movie (and I'm sure book) DD says that it's the choices, not abilities, that define us. The students will have to choose to work together, they can't just rely on Hermione's brains, Harry's wand, and Ron's....well Ron. Anyways, I think Hogwarts will be the final Horcrux, and maybe Harry and Volde's final showdown will take place in the wreckage?
Let me know your thoughts!
Dumbledore when he was drinking the potion was seeing some unknown truth about the horcrux, Voldemort himself or Harry. I think this is why Dumbledore begged Snape not to kill him cause Dumbledore had something to tell him. Yes I do think Dumbledore knew he was going to die, or needed to die. I also think Dumbledore ordered Snape to call the meeting with Bellatrix and Narcissa, however Snape didnt know he was going to have to do the unbreakable vow. If he didnt Vodlemort would have knew he was lying about being on his side and Voldemort may have found out some secret information about the Order, the Prophecy or Harry.
Snape told Dumbledore this and Dumbledore knew he would have to die not to let something important out. However, as I was saying Dumbledore had to get back to Snape to tell him something, he knew something that the reader and Harry didnt. Dumbledore had always said " There are things worse than death "
Now for my R.A.B theory. Yes, I do think R.A.B took this as Rowlign drops many clues during HBP about Regulas Black. However this wouldnt make sense as Dumbledore says that " none could have done it alone " none could have took the horcrux single handed. So that means someone else must have been with him. But that someone with him must have been underage as the boat which takes the wizard to the centre can only hold one of age wizard. So who was with R.A.B. and his comanion?
Also JKR in an interview last year replied " no comment " when asked about whether or not someone else apart from Vold, lilly and james and Harry was there at th scene. Does this mean someone was? Was it R.A.B.'s Companian maybe Snape, or am I looking too deep
It all seems right and possible that RAB is regulus black to me. But then again, is this just what JK Rowling wants us all to think? JK Rowling is too smart and mischievous to make the answer this obvious. There is a big possibility that RAB is not Regulus at all. It could be a new character that we've never heard of, or a character that we have overlooked. Think back and look beyond Regulus Black, as RAB might be someone that we are forgetting. There could also be hints hidden in the books that are giving us information about the mystery of who RAB is. Anything is possible in JK Rowling’s world.
Very good theories though. I’m not saying they are wrong, they are all very good and possible. But just extend your-selves and don’t overlook small things. As we all know JK Rowling can make small things the main key to the plot.
In an interveiw w/ JKR:
Q: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.
The interveiw quoted above can be found at:
http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/...es/2004/0304-wbd.htm
i am 99% certain that regulus is RAB. i was sceptical before until i found two things which i could simply not ignore.
firstly when i was reading hp5 i noticed "a heavy locket which none of them could open" in sirius' house, page 108, halfway down.
however, the main piece of evidence is this: The Dutch, Norwegian, and Finnish translations of the book have been published. In the Dutch translation, the surname Black is translated as Zwarts and, as previously noted, the abbreviation in the note to Voldemort is R.A.Z. rather than R.A.B.. Likewise, in the Norwegian text, the name Black is translated as Svaart and the note is signed R.A.S.. The Finnish text uses the name Musta, with the note signed R.A.M. The fact that the translation of the name Regulus Black and the initials R.A.B. are consistent across various language editions gives fair support to Regulus Black that other known characters do not have. However, the translations themselves could have come about coincidentally, or the translators may have switched both the name and the initials based on their own assumption that R.A.B is Regulus Black. Therefore, the mere observation that the translations appear to support the Regulus Black as R.A.B. theory, does not necessarily provide conclusive proof of the matter. Fans have tried to turn down this theory by arguing that the Spanish and French translations of the word 'black' both begin with the letter 'N' (negro and noir, respectively) but R.A.B.'s name is kept as "R.A.B." in the translations of these languages, but Sirius Black, when translated into both of those languages, keeps his last name as Black.
so as you can see (i hope its not too much to read, but trust me its worthwhile) its fiarly conclusive, but not certain
Hi it was great to read all these theories but I am with the majority and think RAB has to be Regalus Alphard Black. He is mentioned too many times and lots of details have been given which perfectly match.
1. His initials-we are told he is called Regalus Black, his middle name is his uncle's name as is custom of all wizards in the books where the eldest son's middle name is his father's name, second eldest and so forth have uncles' name.
2. As many people have mentioned the locket at 12 Grimmauld Place
3. We know he was a death eater but got killed by Voldemort or Death Eaters therefore must have betrayed them in some way.
4. We know Karakoff died a year and a bit after he did not answer Voldemort's call but Regalus died only a few days later-hence it was more important to kill him to ensure he did not divulge any information to the order or anyone else.
5. The boat was small but could carry an adult and a 'small' person. This could be Kreacher. He liked Regalus and would do what he says.
The translations in European languages is noteworthy too...
What I would really like to know is why Florean Fortescue and Ollivander have gone and why...any ideas?
It's interesting with Ollivander how his name can be rearranged to spell "an evil lord", similar to the way Tom Marvolo Riddle is rearranged to spell "I am Lord Voldermort". Ollivander has always been a creepy character, and his disappearance is likely to be significant in the seventh book.
60-there seems to be a bunch of prejudices in this series. The main one has to do with wizarding blood. Yet people are scared of half giants and centaurs. I really do think they will have to unify or realize their faults in their views. It seems to be one of the key themes, and i dont think Rowling is going to just let it slip from the book. I think you have a good theory.
hi, for those people who think that harry being a horcrux is an insane idea i agree. but it could also be a brilliant idea,think about it. if the person who has to kill voldy had a horcrux in them, that would mean that they would have to kill themself befeore voldy, meaning he would never be killed. if voldy realized this and made harry a horcrux he would be as close to immortal as possible. if harry some how figures this out he will realize he must kill himself in order for voldy to be killed. this brings in dumbledores quote of choosing between what is right and what is easy. it would be easy for harry to live on but the right thing would be to sacrifice himself in order to have voldy killed. once all the horcruxes plus harry are gone, voldy could be destroyed by snape, malfoy, etc.
tell me what u think!!
Here are some hints, “draught of living deathâ€.
hmmmm. what might such a potion be good for?
Fawkes the pheonix 2 way mirros R.A.B. is ? and ?
Aberforth has the locket we know what and where all of the horcruxes are Dumbledores scar and harrys no (horcruxe) Dumbledore might have faked people’s deaths before important characters will die Dumbledore is definitely dead, or his portrait would not have appeared in the headmaster's study there was for shadowing from the begining Rowling made a point in the book about polyjuice potion and its disappearance throughout the book snape said"Harry its time you learned to keep your mind closed and your mouth shut " Snapes animagus and toms animagus or potronus Crookshanks is not an Animagus. JK has said that giving away the form of Snape's Boggart and Patronus says too much. We'll definitely find out what Snape's worst fear is, and it'll be important. there is one member of the Order of the Phoenix that you have not yet met properly and you will  well, you know that they are a member, but you haven't really met them properly yet and you will meet them in seven when j.k. was asked about people coming back as gohsts
I am straying into dangerous territory, but I think you probably know what he explained—there are some people who would not come back as ghosts because they are unafraid, or less afraid, of death. Does Harry's eyecolour become important in the future books, like we've heard?
JK Rowling replies -> No comment!
snape won't go back to the school and there will be another dada teacher Fawkes is very important in the series It may be possible that Aberforth is currently in possession of the real version of the fake Horcrux found by Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore at the end of Half-Blood Prince. Leaving Mundungus in Hogsmeade in Half-Blood Prince, he was described as "drawing his cloak more tightly around his neck" as he walked away. Since the Horcrux is a locket, it's possible that he purchased from Mundungus the unopenable locket found by Harry and the others at Grimmauld Place in Order of the Phoenix. If this is the case, it raises further questions as to why Aberforth did not inform his brother about the locket, or, if he did, why Dumbledore went to the trouble of acquiring the fake. It is expected that we will learn more about Aberforth in the seventh and final Harry Potter book.
we do have that pensieve memory in which it looks like Tom Riddle did something with his wand before leaving the office, and I’m sure Dumbledore had noticed that and inspected the office for any evidence of foul play.
It's possible that Harry leaves the Dursley's early to attend the wedding of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour. It was implied that the two were dating ("He's been giving her a lot of private lssons"), and if this relationship continued over the course of the year, marriage is a distinct possibility
there is more but thats for me to know and you to fing out
P.S. fake e-mail
How about this for a theory. Dumbledore is an unregistered animagus and his animal is a phoenix? That is why he has such a special connection with Faukes and Faukes with Harry as well. Also, when the cript that was made for Dumbledore burst into flames at the funeral, a phoenix flew out of it. Dumbledore's body would have had to wait until it could rise from the ashes as a phoenix reborn.
I totally agree with the Dumbledore/Phoenix theory. It seems obvious. It also makes it possible for Rowling to have integrity in her writing, in that Dumbledore really did die, and allow Dumbledore to be right about Snape, assuming Snape knew Dumbledore's animagus.
Now for another theory: Could it be that the potion, and not the locket, was the horcrux? That would explain a lot of details regarding what Dumbledore said under the influence of the potion, and give Snape a good-guy reason to kill Dumbledore in the first place.
The only part of this I haven't been able to explain is the unbreakable vow.
Any feedback?
If the potion wasa horcrux, where would the split soul go? does it just dissapear?
And how this for a theory.
Crookshanks if Regelus Black, alias R.A.B and thats why he likes sirius so much
Izzy. If Regulus Black was still alive, then Rowling, as also said in response 63, would not clearly state that he is dead. I do believe that crookshanks is an animagus because Sirius could converse with crookshanks in the POA. Sirius was able to communicate with crookshanks which allowed him to get into the castle. i cannot see how a human could speak with a cat; but if crookshanks is human, then sirius and crookshanks could both turn human and speak normally.
Another thing that i noticed was, if crookshanks is an animagus, then why would she trust sirius in the third book? she must have known that sirius was innocent somehow and everyone in the world basically was convinced that sirius was a murderer.
Any comments
Another thing that i am skeptical about is that some people seem to think that Dumbledore is still alive. I think that your reasoning seems fathomable but I believe that it was essential that Dumbledore does in fact die. I think that Rowling needed Harry to be more mature in the seventh book. In every book, Harry has had someone to consult with. Sirius, in books 4 and 5, wrote him letters and gives him instructions on how to be safe. When Sirius dies, Harry still has Dumbledore. I think it is essential that Dumbledore died because it makes Harry more independent. Harry will turn 17 at the beginning of the last book of the series. This is the wizarding age of becoming an adult. With Dumbledore being dead, Harry must work much more independantly and must only consult with his friends and must only use his own skills to, ultimately, kill Voldemort. This will show early on in the book that Harry is a much stronger wizard than he was in previous books.
Another thing, I am convinced that Snape is not in fact evil. I do not think that it is because of a reason that we can know after the sixth book. Snape, in my opinion had to kill Dumbledore. For whatever reason it may be, Snape had to kill Dumbledore because of
1) Dumbledore pleaded with him to do it
2) there is a polyjuice potion or a curse involved
3) Malfoy was not going to kill Dumbledore and if Snape did not kill Dumbledore, then Snape would die because of his vow. Snape is much more USEFUL as a spy than Dumbledore is as an old and weakening wizard.
4) A secret that Rowling has kept from the readers for a surprise in the seventh book.
anyone else agree?
okay. I have devised my own theory about the other remaining Horcruxes. I think that before Voldemort killed Harry's parents and attempted murder on Harry himself that he stole an item from "Godric's Hollow" AKA the residence of the Potters. Since Dumbledore speculated that nothing other than the sword remained of Gryffindor's, then how better to continue that "trend" and to also have something of the one worthy enemy that you think you're about to defeat?
2.) I think that when Voldemort came to visit Dumbledore about a teaching job (the last memory we see in the Pensieve) that either in his coming or going to Dumbledore's office, that he managed to hide something somewhere within the castle. Either that or he had Quirrel or Snape do it during their time there. The last place Voldemort would expect Dumbledore to look would be inside Hogwarts. The perfect hiding place for a Horcrux.
I also think that Snape isn't completely bad. It doesn't make full logical sense.
So in short, I'M READY TO READ THE 7TH BOOK!!!
I like the R.A.B. theory.
i have a theory about ARABELLA FIGG!!!
she says she's a squib so knows no magic, but in the Gobley of fire towards the end, Dumbledore tells Mupin to alert the old guard and shes one of them. But why would she be part of the original Order if she was a squib. the only reason she's in it this time is because she has to protect Harry, so why was she in it the first time????!!!! i thinks shes an 'imposter' maybe an auror or someone
this is really my sister's theory:
Merope isn't really Voldemort's mother
in Oedipus Rex, Oedipus was adopted. the woman who raised him's name was Merope
that's probably where JKR got the name from
I don't exactly have a new theory, but a couple of interesting questions. First, has anyone wondered how Harry and Voldemort are going to fight each other. I remember in the Goblet of Fire that their wands, having feathers from the same phoneix, refused to fight each other, and linked. Unless someone tosses them a different wand, someone else would have to finish off Voldemort right? Second, does anyone else think that Neville buying the last wand Olivander sold has any signifigence?
There is significance in the 4th book where voldemort and Harry's wand meet. This is why in the 6th book Olivander goes missing, he is forced by Voldy. to make a new wand so the 2 wands won't be on the same playing field. I think Harry will realize this in the 7th book and go to Olivander's store and "randomly" choose a wand, only to have it be the same as Olivander makes for the new Voldy.
Aslo, since I think Dumbledore is not "dead" he will come back & help Harry in some fashion.
Hello.
I have another theory about wands : when Dumbledore was hit by the Avada Kedavra curse, his wand flew in the air, intact, and was never mentioned again in HBP. I think that Hagrid, when he finally understood and accepted that Dumbledore was really dead, went in the forest, searched for it, and retrieved it. I think he will keep it for Harry, for the final battle with Voldemort. JK Rowling wrote that the wand chose the wizard. Dumbledore was the only wizard alive powerful enough to be feared by Voldemort...It seems natural that his wand comes back to Harry.
And I am also persuaded that there is a link between Ollivander mysteriously going missing, and Voldemort learning from his mistakes.
After all, if Voldemort had thought about Priore Incantatem, Harry would have died at the end of Goblet Of Fire. So there is a strong possibility that Ollivander had to make a new wand for Voldemort, willingly or not! And that he was murdered just after, so he would never be able to make once again an identical wand for Harry.
I also know for sure that Dumbledore is dead, it makes me sad, but JK Rowling does not joke with the subject of death, and she put heavy hints in all the book (HBP), that Dumbledore was tired, wounded , and weakenend. After his hand, and the potion, he was probably already dying. So, " Severus, please", according to me, means : " Severus, please, do it". It would be a lack of respect to Dumbledore's memory to think he would have begged like this to stay alive. He never feared death.
Dumbledore probably made mistakes in his life, but I don't think he was wrong to trust Severus Snape.
Severus Snape is not a nice guy, that's a fact. But I am sure that he is faithful to Lily's memory. Even if there was no love or friendship between them, she might have been the only one to show him some respect and humanity when they were both studying at Hogwarts : maybe he loved her secretly, maybe he admired her for her great knowledge in potions. Harry is the living proof that she loved and married another one. He has Lily's eyes, but he is the living portrait of James. Teaching him, seeing him everyday must have been really hard for Snape, which would explain why he is so harsh with him...But I think the biggest regret of his life is to have given the Potters to Voldemort, and feeling responsible for Lily's death. This is what Dumbledore hesitated to tell Harry when Harry asks him why he trusts Snape (in HBP, just before they leave together to go and find the Horcrux). And if he tells nothing, it is because Harry is not ready to hear it, and also because this reason belongs to Snape.
If I'm right about all this, then I hope that Severus Snape is the character who has been given a reprieve, as JK Rowling said recently in an interview.
Because he lived a life of loneliness, as it is hinted in OOTP (Legilimency lessons, when Harry sees him as a kid, parents arguing and shouting), his childhood was unhappy. At Hogwarts, he was bullied by the Marauders. Then he became a Deatheater. Then he became a spy, and stayed for years at Hogwarts, teaching and living alone. Then, He had to kill the only man who ever trusted him. I think it was self- hatred, etched on the lines of his face. He had to, to be able to carry on fulfilling his role as Voldemort's "number one". No one amongst the death- eaters will ever dare to question his loyalties after that(like Bellatrix did at the beginning of HBP). And he becomes unwillingly Harry's protector (and Draco's too, when I think about it), and Harry's best chance to overcome Lord Voldemort.
But what for him? For the magic world, whatever "good" the reasons were, he will always be remembered as the man who murdered Albus Dumbledore. So I hope he will be able to forgive himself, and find some peace, somewhere.
IF I'M WRONG, then.....Severus Snape is the bad guy, the treator, and deserves the dementor's kiss. That's it!
Anyway, I spent a lot of time reading again and again the books and thinking trough this.....And I can't wait to read the next one...just like you all, I think...
Thanks for reading, and I also want to say sorry if I made some mistakes in this post. I'm french, and English is not my native language...........
Not so much a theory as I think i noticed a hiccup in the the fourth book. You may all have noticed this before and i could well look stupid writing this but i thought i'd post it anyway to figure it out.
Harry and Cedric are transported to the cemetary in GOF by the Triwizard Cup portkey, Voldemort (still in half baby form) carried by wormtail says as you all know "Kill the spare". Im guessing at this point Wormtail using his own wand performs the Avada Kedavra curse on Cedric.
As i understood it during the dual between Harry and Voldemort this Priori Incantatem occurs where spells or victims of that wand come out of the wand. The hiccup i noticed was when Voldemorts wand begins to regurgitate the spells the first thing to come out was Cedric, this is the point, how did Cedric come out of Voldemorts wand if it was wormtails wand who killed him? Any ideas or explanations?
Another mistake in the same part of the book is the order Harry's parents come out of the wand. It was of course his mother who died second meaning she should have come out of the wand before James. Rowling however admitted this as being a mistake but hasn't directly pointed out the possible mistake with Cedric.
I'm leaving a comment, here, simply because you've stopped the commenting on your others. As far as RAB goes.. I really think it's too simple to be R.A.B, and believe we'll be pleasantly surprised to find out who it is. After all, how many people correctly speculated that the Half blood Prince was Snape? Honestly, I liked HBP, and agree it was easy to read, but I don't believe JKR when she said this was all planned from the start. The first two books clearly indicate a sort of Enid Blyton chain of thought.. mysterious beginning, work it out before the end, defeat the bad guy. Each book ends cleanly. Whereas PoA onwards, they start merging together, where past books gain more relevance. You can't understand HBP unless you've read the others, for example, whereas you can understand CoS without having read PS. The only thing we -can- be certain of, is that Voldemort will die, in the next book. If he doesn't, the whole series will have been a waste of our time, and I'm sure many, like myself, will be severely annoyed. - Also, sorry this is rather long, but I figured I'd just say all I had to say and leave it at that.
Okay, I'm making a complete mess, of this commenting business.
(Delete my last comment, please)
Also, replace my second "R.A.B" with Regulus Black, anyone that read my last post.
I'm sorry - but I forgot to mention that love will HAVE to play an important role, in the final book. JKR has spent so much time reiterating it's importance, and how it's a power the Dark Lord knows not, that it must be involved in his downfall.
And to my next point - that someone has yet to agree with me, on - I believe that Snape was, indeed, bound (by promise) to kill DD. (Wait for it..) But, when he carried it out.. What if the spell he cast was out of love, and not hatred? It sounds strange, I know. But Voldemort has tried to kill DD before, we've been told, and failed. Yet Snape was able to? Perhaps it was because DD was weak, at the time, but I don't believe that. Surely, if Dumbledore was the only person to believe in Snape, that there's more to him than meets the eye, taken him in, given him a job, and rebuked anyone that's said a bad word, against him, there must be something, there? Snape would admire, and trust him, see him as a close friend, and confidante? So then, any hatred, etched on his face, was directed at himself?
- I'm just completely brain-farting, here, so, excuse the babbling.
Enough of this "Dubledore is coming back via Horcrux, or someother way." This also addresses a conspiracy between Snape and Dumby.
1. Dubledore say, "To the well organized mind, Death is but the next great adventure."
2. Can you see him coming back as a ghost? I can't. He realizes that Ghosts will never rest, they will float and mope for all time. He is far too wise for that.
3. Dubledore isn't stupid, or naive. He knew that he was only slightly less vulnerable to the Death Eaters and Voldemort than anyone else, so he would have taken some sort of precaution to his death. He probably left some sort of large Memory phial or note, maybe a notebook infused with a memory (not a soul), maybe he knew his portrait would appear and be able to help Harry.
4. Poeple say he could have created a Horcrux from killing a Death Eater, or even Grindenwald (ref. Chocolate Frog card) Horcruxs are made through the ULTIMATE ACT OF EVIL, Murder. Not Killing. Killing in self defense probably won't split your soul.
5. Dumbledore obviously has his whole soul intact, because no one with half a sould could love as Dumbledore can. He's gone through so much too protect Harry, Hogwarts, and the world as a whole.
Now listen, Im throwing this one out here, okay? Please argue.
1. Argument between Snape and Dumbledore, Snape says he doesn't want to do it anymore, Dumbledore says he already said he would, and that final.
2. Dumbledore tells Harry to keep his cloak on after they get to the school.
3. He's protected well enough (invisible), so why the Freezing Charm? I mean, it was just Dumbledore and Malfoy for the longest time, and in my opinion Harry could have OWNED him no problem, especially randomly appearing out from under an invisibity cloak like he could have. Fishy.
4. Dumbledore plead for his life? Are you kidding me? That's ridiculous!!!!!
5. In book 5, Harry mutters lumos when the dementors are attacking, and he's not even holding his wand, but it still works. What's to keep Dumbledore from thinking "Accio Wand" and grabbing his newly re-aquired wand and wipping it out and making Malfoy cry just by aiming it at him?
6. This is the most contraversal topic.... the pleading. Severus....please.... The 2nd most meaningful line in the whole book. (After Harry telling the minister that he was Dumbledoors man through and through, even after he's dead) JKR usually uses some sort of adverb with a quote, ex: "I do, I do love boys!!!! Exclaimed Crabbe loudly.
Severus....please..... I mean, we can infer that he is saying it soft, and pleadingly, but he also could have said it like, Geez Severus, don't be a wuss, just ice me and be done with it. PLEASE! JK is smart, and she has been known to throw out semi-obviouis clues disguised by the readers emotions. Humans are predictable, and she exploited that.
P.S. I'd like to point out that was, in fact Dumbledore, or someone under Dumbledors employ, (as opposed to someone using the Polyjuice Potion) because Fawkes wouldn't have cried and sang over someone else, unless Dumby told him/her/it to.
This is where it gets confusing, ""Dumbledore Alive"""
(I'd like to point out I am in an accepted denial right now, I dun want him dead)
1. Dumbledore is far too hardcore to die, straight up.
2. In the past, that stupid "Avada Kedavra" curse has simply killed, and dropped the victim. Dumbledore Flew CONVENIETLY out of sight, just long enough to enjoy a nice gin, spiked purposely with the Draught of Living Death. That explains the probable low heartbead and shallow, undetectable breath he would of had to have to fool everyone. Snape could have said the incantation, but used a non-verbal incantation for a different spell. You may argue this, "But the light was green!" Snape has created spells in the past, has he not? He could have created an expeeliarmus-type spell with a green light, and made it slighly more powerful.
3. Donde esta la wand? It disappeared. I would have grabbed that thing, and slept with it, licked it, and cut open my forearm and put a permanant sticking inside it, and sealed it, never falling victim to another Expelliarmus again. Maybe Dumby grabbed it real quick, while pretending to be dead.
4. The only one who actually made contact with Dumbledore was Hagrid, possibly his most trusted hombre. Dumbledore could have revealed himself to him. Hagrid would keep it hush hush. There's no way to predict the intentions or purposes of his actions.
5. At the funeral, he's in a coffin or whatever, right? Fawkes comes, and FLASH! the coffin's gone, and a big white tomb is there. Fawkes has been known to move things with magic, so she could have jacked his coffin, and left the tomb. The coffin would have proffesor Dumbledor in it, and then the pheonix could burn or rip open the coffin, then cry in Dubledore's mouth to awaked him, and drop the effects of the Draught.
Again, I dunno why he would do it, maybe Harry would have been too dependant on him, maybe too distracted. I haven't got a clue.
Another interesting concept is the "Harry, put that Vanishing Mirror thing in that there portal and make Sirius come out." Any news on the book 7///movie 5 release dates?
dubledore is dead jk said it and he is dead
please, please! Could you stop calling Albus Dumbledore "Dumby"???? as it means "stupid", I think it is a total lack of respect..........THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
Virginia - Dumby isn't a real word (check it out on dictionary.com). People use it as a term of affection for their favorite headmaster. I think the work you are looking for is dummy.
Ya, JK can say he's dead, thats hoshposh. In the book Harry said he was dead, not JK. Unless your talking about an interwiew. Like I said, Im in denial.
Ben...thank you for the precision. I am French, but i lived in london for a few months. And i often heard people saying "dumby" as a familiar contraction form of language for "dumb", which means, according to dictionary.com, lack of intelligence......So, a term of affection???
first off i would like to say that you all have very very interesting theories, but i have to disagree with some.
i think nagini is not a horcrux. i think that if voldemort was to make a horcrux, why would he make a living thing that has the ability to die, a horcrux? wouldn't that defeat the whole purpose of living forever then if one of his horcruxes would dissapear anyway? also, although it would be smart on voldemort's behalf, i don't think harry's a horcrux. it is possible, but i highly doubt it. although i have no proof to offer why, i just think it's not. i believe the horcruxes are:
1. marvolo's ring (destroyed by dumbledore)
2. hufflepuff's cup
3. the locket (in grimmauld place)
4. the diary (destroyed by harry)
5. godric's hollow (gryffindor's contribution)
6. something-of-ravenclaw's
7. the one still within voldemort.
i think godric's hollow and something from ravenclaw have to be a horcrux, because dumbledore stressed in HbP how important it would be to riddle to have a full set from the four founders.
i really think dumbledore is dead, because if he wasn't, it would really be too cliché for him to just come back ready to defend harry. i think he really needs to face voldemort and the last battle alone.
here are some theories and questions i had myself:
1. is there a significance between slughorn collecting "trophies" and young riddle collecting trophies? (probably not, but i just wanted to ask)
2. is there a significance that harry's reoccuring dreams in his first year have malfoy turning into snape and the green light (from avada kedavra, im assuming) and the laughing and how that's what happened to dumbledore? (malfoy was going to kill first, then snape came and killed with the greenlight)
3. is there a significance of hermione saying that snape sounded like harry when he was ranting in DADA?
4. why do some murders become horcruxes and some don't? im sure voldemort killed more than 7 people in his lifetime....
5. what did dudley hear from the dementors?!!!
6. why did the sorting hat take so long with seamus?
7. how come dumbledore got the invisibility cloak from james and not sirius or lupin, his best friends? (im assuming because he picked it up at godric's hollow when he was seeing what happened, but just wanted to know what others thought...)
8. dumbledore said in the first book he could become invisible without the use of a cloak. how would you go about doing that and why is it never mentioned again?
some theories: :]
1. i think ron will be under the imperious curse. in an interview, jkr said that the movies accidentally revealed more about the books than she'd hoped. in the fourth movie, ron mentions to moody about the imperious curse, and moody says "yeah, your dad would know a lot about that one". i think ron might be under the imperious curse from his dad. why? i don't know. but i have a feeling...
2. i think hagrid and filch are going to die. my sister and i were reading a thing on the internet about alchemy, and in order to get to the "gold phase", you need to pass through all these other phases. one of the phases is "black", another phase is "red" or "rubeus", another phase deals with "argus" and another is the "white" phase. sirius BLACK died already, dumbledore (in his WHITE tomb) is dead, RUBEUS hagrid always risks his life for harry, and ARGUS filch is probably more of a complex character than we realize. :] i may just be over analyzing and it may just be coincidence, but jkr rarely uses coincidence for anything...
other than that, that's all i can think about right now, but i will post anything else i think of. i've been pretty much re-reading for this last weekend/week and i'm noticing more than i have before.
PLEASE respond, i'd like to know what y'all think :]
I think Harry is a Horcux (his scar, dumbledore . JK's been hinting bout killing him off, and I really wouldnt be surprised if she did. Also somewhere JK states Regulus's middle name and its not Alphard or whatever, but it does start w/ an 'A' , I just can't remember the name, but i do know it is not Alphard.
Regulus' middle name is not stated in the book, although there is widespread contemplation over whether it might be Alphard after his Uncle (seen on the family tree.
If Merope Gaunt is not Voldermorts's mother then could it be Cecilia.
ok so R.A.B has to be some on old and probibly dead the locket was stolen when voltermort was still sort or well, controled so it had to be some one 1(old 2( most likely dead and 3( with the intials R.A.B *run to go get order of the phionx to cheak balck family tree*
ok back nothing except a couple names to maybe look out for 1) rodolphus 2) rabastan now they may be lestranges but think they could have wrote it befor they were married and just acted like the were on voldermorts side so some things to think about!!!!! by the way i am like pulling my hir out to figure this one out!!!!!!!
ok sorry one more thing harry cant be a horcux because voldermoret wants to kill him!!!!!!!!!!! thne what would be the point????
Dood im totally thinkin Albus isnt dead because they made like 4 different main potions in the 6th book and all got used except drought of the liveing dead. So i think the potion he took before he grabed the fake necklce was the drought and i have he a feeling he knew something about the deatheaters attacking and snape but hay there is like a billion possibilites knowing J.K
To Elena about Harry not being a Horcrux: Although I don't think he is, it is a possibility that Harry is, in fact a horcrux. Remember, the prophecy does not apply to -just- Harry. It applies to Neville too. I think that Voldemort may have gone to the Potter's with full intent on making Harry a horcrux. If Dumbledore was right about Nagini being a horcrux, then it is possible for a living thing to carry a part of another's soul. Also, Voldemort has the ability to posses another's body. We saw this in PS, when he shared a body with Prof. Quirrel, and in GoF, when he possesed that baby-like creature. It could have been a random baby Wormtail or Crouch Jr. kidnapped, but upon Voldemort entering it, his soul tainted the baby and that reflected with the disfigurement of the body. Maybe Voldemort knew this, therefore he placed a piece of his soul into Harry, waited for years with the intent to take Harry's body as his own. Jo often writes about how alike Young Tom and Harry look alike. Also, we don't know if the body needs to be dead in order for Voldemort to be able to fully take over it, because when he was with Quirrel, it was split. If Harry is a horcrux, Voldemort would have placed his soul into Harry's to get it used to another's within it, but once it was known that Harry's body could function normally with two souls, Voldemort wanted him dead, so he could take over completely without the additional soul to get in the way. Maybe he just wants everyone to think that Harry is marked as his equal, so that he won't be defeated. For all we know Dumbledore could have been wrong about Harry being 'The Chosen One.' It could be Neville.
Then again, this theory is very far-fetched, because if it were true, the whole series would have been a waste. This is just a theory of my friend's that I found interesting though.
Also Elena, about Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange being R.A.B., that's highly unlikely since they are male, and the male keeps their surname when they are married.
I think most of these are excellent theories except for the Godrics Hollow one. JK has clearly stated that Godric's Hollow is a village on her website, and I'm pretty sure that you wouldn't be able to make an entire village as a Horcrux. Also on her site JK said that James was DEFINETLY Harry's father, so all the Snape is Harry' father stuff isn't true.
Um yeah, thats pretty much all I wanted to say. If you want to find more in depth info about the books the best place is JK's official site, it really awesome
I think when it was mentioned that Godric's Hollow is a Horcrux, they meant Harry's parents' house.