Nevermore?

[heidi]

This is the most crack theory I've ever come up with - yes, more than Manchurian Candidate!Ron, or Thestral-to-the-Hut!Hagrid. But I'm just going to toss it out for the shredding...

teawithvoldy asked how Reg, if he is RAB, learned that Voldemort was making horcrustaceans, when other, more trusted advisors didn't, and it's possible, I think, that the Blacks may be descendents of Ravenclaw.

Ravens are, of course, black, and raven, especially in connection with hair, is sometimes a synonym for Black. We know at least two sets of founder-descendents no longer have the founder-surname as their last name - the Smiths and Gaunts - so why not have the Blacks as descendents of Ravenclaw?

Which might have resulted in Voldemort trying to obtain or utilize something belonging to Ravenclaw - perhaps the tapestry itself? - which Reg had access to, and that's how he figured it out.

So, unleash the hounds - tear it to shreds.

Comments

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Unless he, pre-growth-spurt, didn't look all the way up?

[freya]

But I'd guess the whole poinit of a family tree like that, if you were Ravenclaw's descendents, would be to show that. You'd guess that that bit would be somewhat illuminated to make damn sure everyone saw it.

Plus, Voldemort was much with the killing people for priceless artifacts, rather than buying or borrowing. And given Mrs Black's tendency for scorching off bits of the tapestry, he wouldn't want to put his soul in there ,just incase she hit the wrong bit and his soul just came pouring out.