#by disagree w/his methodology i mean like maybe he supported voldy when it was just non-purebloods/ppl he doesn't know getting the shaft

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@/queerdeadwizards posted a really cool meta today about the morality/grey morality of the black brothers, and it made me think of something, a point that they alluded to but that i want to expand on, but basically, when talking about the morality of regulus, i think an overlooked aspect of potential grey areas comes from the fact that we have absolutely no insight into his motivations for the things that he does.

like, the facts of the case are, regulus figured out about the horcrux(es?), found, and tried to destroy the locket, leaving a note with the line "i face death in the hope that when you meet your match you will be mortal once more." so we know that regulus wanted to see voldemort defeated. but we actually have no textual evidence of what specifically about voldemort pushed reg to try to help take him down. was it really because he came to the conclusion that voldies ideology was so horrible? or did he just disagree with his methodology?

i know we as a fandom like to charitably assume that regulus genuinely saw the error of his ways, the evilness of voldemort and his goals, this is the characterisation i prefer as well. but we don't actually know. i think, if handled correctly, it could be really interesting to explore a regulus that did the right thing for (at least partially) the wrong reasons.