Regulus Black; [x]
It’s deciding where to die and deciding where to fight,
Deny, deny, denial.
I wanted to be a better brother, better son,
Wanted to be a better adversary to the evil I have done,
I have none to show to the one I love,
But deny, deny, denial
Now, allow me to direct your attention to Regulus Black who didn’t need a boring romantic subplot to redeem himself and become a hero.
♚ i face death in the hope that when you meet your match, you will be mortal once more.
r. a. b.↳ endless list of favorite characters [3/?]: regulus arcturus black.
person: slytherins can’t be brave! they are selfish and evil!
me: sorry, I can’t hear you over the sound of 18 years old regulus black dying alone in a fucking cave after choosing to drink a excruciating potion in the place of his house elf in a plan to give someone else the chance to defeat voldemort and end his regime of terror
commission by cynthiatedy
“ A hand appears from the darkness and reaches out – reaches down – to take his reaching fingers in a warm-careful-gentle-firm grasp”
I really hate that the only people who knew what Regulus had done were Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Kreacher.
I hate that Sirius never knew.
And I really really hate that Voldemort never knew.
Harry couldn’t have worked that into his last conversation with Voldemort?
It would have added even more insult to injury.
I’m watching Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince on ABC Family.
And just…the climax scene in the cave.
Where all of these Inferi come crawling out of the water.
The terror that the audience feels.
The terror on Harry’s face.
The way they just grab him and pull him under.
The struggle.
The suspense.
Wouldn’t it be great if, in the next movie, we see a character who went through the same exact thing? The. Same. Exact. Thing. Only this character didn’t survive. And the audience watching would recognize the parallel and Harry would know just what this character went through because he almost went through that himself. And the audience would really be able to see the tragedy of what this character went through.
Imagine a scene like that!
Well, instead we get Ron and Hermione playing the piano.
Which is…nice.
But personally, I feel as though they wasted a huge opportunity when they decided to leave Regulus’ story out of the movie. They could have easily had flashbacks of what Regulus went through transition into flashbacks of what Harry went through.
“To the Dark Lord,
I know I will be dead long before you read this but I want you to know that it was I who discovered your secret. I have stolen the real Horcrux and intend to destroy it as soon as I can. I face death in the hope that when you meet your match you will be mortal once more.”
R.A.B
Yeah yeah Snape changed for Lily blah blah blah Regulus changed for his house elf! Regulus decided to defy the most powerful dark wizard in history because of his house-elf. Seriously! This is canon! He decided to leave after he saw how Voldemort was mistreating Kreacher! That is 1000x better than your Hollywood-inflated one-sided tragic romance story. Not to mention that when Regulus went to swap the horcrux with his locket, he drank the poison so that Kreacher wouldn’t have to. How very considerate of you Regulus. He could have easily ordered Kreacher to drink the poison and he could have done his deed unscathed. But no. He didn’t want Kreacher to get hurt so he drank the poison, went too close to the lake, and was dragged under. Because of a house-elf. Not because of a woman. A house-elf. That is just so wonderfully innocent, it’s heartbreaking. Don’t show me Snape uncharacteristically hugging a dead body in a scene that wasn’t in the book! Show me the canon scene of Regulus being tortured by the poison that he took so that Kreacher wouldn’t have to. Between the two of them, the second one is way more likely to reduce me to a bawling baby that’s curled in the corner. Don’t show me The Prince’s Tale. Show me the King’s tale!
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