It seems that there's a storyline that interests JKR enough that she's done it 3 times--the young man who joins the DEs and at some point finds himself possibly unable to continue. It's the man who gets in over his head. She did it with Snape, with Regulus, with Draco. What's frustrating is honestly it seems like whichever one you like best ( Read more... )

I’ve almost posted a version of this idea a few times, but I was finally reading something yesterday that, I don’t know, gave me a new spin on it? Anyway, it just has to do with John Steinbeck’s East of Eden and how I’ve always related it to Sirius and Regulus Black, only now I’m also relating it to ( something generally HP as well. )

I was reading something today that brought up that old HP argument, Weasleys vs. Malfoys and it once again made me ask: ( Are there any really happy families in HP canon? )

usually don't do theories because I like to be right and there's a good chance I won't be, but this came to me this morning and I'm sticking it out here, long before Book 7, where everyone will have a chance to forget it if it's wrong, but I can still smugly link to it in the small chance it's right. ( Spoilery for HBP theory inside )