Does Dumbledore have to die?

[Charles Engle]

No: HPFGUIDX 39404


~Christi said:

>But that's exactly why I think Dumbledore /will/ die well before 
>the end of the series (in fact, I'm almost convinced he's going to 
>cash in his chips in OotP).  He can't always be around to guide 
>protect Harry, or to keep Sirius and Snape from getting into an all-
>out brawl with each other, or keep Voldemort at bay, etc.  If and 
>when he goes, it will create a severe crisis for the good guys--and 
>it is in that sort of crisis that people rise above themselves and 
>exceed their previous limitations.  The loss of Dumbledore seems to 
>me a necessary rite of passage.  Besides, from a dramatic standpoint 
>it would cause the stakes to skyrocket--how much more terrifying will 
>Voldemort seem when the only wizard he never dared challenge is no 
>longer present?


Dumbledore could also take a page out of Voldy's book, and, much like Crouch Jr, he could fake his own death, only to return triumphantly in the 7th book.  There, we learn how he has been working in the background ever since his "death".

 

ish (who very much likes this group, ya'll are crazy, like me. <g>)


Charles B. Engle, III
CCNA, Network+


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