Discussion Question #19: RAB and the locket

Mar 16, 2007 12:37

Who did RAB get the locket from the cave with? (Dumbledore made it clear that two people were needed to get past Voldemort's enchantments.) And where is the locket now?

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focusf1 March 17 2007, 03:21:30 UTC
I think we should be clear that while two people would be physically needed to retrieve the locket, ONLY one magical, of age person is allowed to travel in the boat.

My initial RAB theory is that the switch was made before the locket was placed.

Should this not work out, then I would guess tat Regulas and Kreacher made the journey.

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gioiamia March 17 2007, 03:22:50 UTC
while two people would be physically needed to retrieve the locket, ONLY one magical, of age person is allowed to travel in the boat.

I know that I said this when this theory came up in our related discussion, but I LOVE this theory. It makes so much sense and is really an intriguing idea.

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dolphinluv2783 March 17 2007, 03:33:05 UTC
If Regulus really is RAB, then I think the Regulus/Kreacher theory is the best one I've heard so far. I just can't see LV not realizing that the locket he's about to plant is a fake.

I'm going to go with the locket being the one mentioned in Grimmauld Place. It's just so like JKR to make that one tiny mention of a locket while they were cleaning to end up being something important.

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focusf1 March 17 2007, 03:42:55 UTC
Oh the "switched" theory (as I like to call it) is not about LV placing the locket, for as we know it is very distinctive.

The "switched" theory entails a Death Eater (probably Bella) being told to place the locket (he has in the past trucsted me with his most precious...") She being her, not being able to resist taking it on a quick visit to 12GP and showing her "noble" Slythering loving family, and junior DE in the making Regulas switching it.

It would be funny if LV's most "loyal" followers, Bella and Lucius, turned out to be the reasons that 2 of his horcruxes were discovered!

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gioiamia March 17 2007, 17:44:38 UTC
Bella and Lucius, turned out to be the reasons that 2 of his horcruxes were discovered!

Oh, that's true! Good observation! It also gives us a chance to compare Voldemort's most loyal followers to Harry's. Can you imagine, if Harry entrusted something terribly important to him, that Ron or Hermione would allow it to be destroyed because of their arrogance?

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focusf1 March 17 2007, 23:44:05 UTC
And therein lies the difference. Harry's "followers" do not "follow" him out of fear. They follow him out of love, and he calls them his friends.

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gioiamia March 18 2007, 01:05:56 UTC
Bingo.

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