Who Could Kill Dumbledore?

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No: HPFGUIDX 74195

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Susan Smith" 
<atroposgryffin at y...> wrote:
 
> The only way I could buy into Dd's death would be if it was 
necessary 
> for him to sacrafice himself somehow to make Harry bigger, better, 
> stronger, wiser, etc.

Agreed.  I've been thinking the same myself.  I've had some 
thoughts that kind of hinge on the protection that Lily gave Harry 
and that LV now says that he 'shares' at the end of GoF.  Basically, 
I wonder who the protection is against.  Is it only against LV?  If 
so, why does LV say he shares in the protection after he's reborn.  
(I don't have a page number for this cause I don't have GoF in front 
of me).  If it's only a protection against LV then it's certainly 
gone cause Voldemort's part of it now.  But what if it's a more 
general protection against the avada kedavra curse itself.  I may be 
wrong here, but I think the only person who's ever directed that 
curse against Harry is LV, and him only after his rebirth.  What if 
Harry's protection still lingers, and he simply cannot be killed by 
anyone but LV without the curse rebounding on the attacker.  This 
makes sense of at least part of the prophecy -- the 'either must die 
at the hand of the other'.  This gives a reason for that part of the 
prophecy apart from the prophecy itself.  I'm not sure that last 
sentence made sense so I'll try it again.  It gives a plausible 
explanation for the 'either must die...' -- that is, when one or 
the other or both die, we'll all be able to say "Oh.  THAT's why no 
one else could kill them."

Anyway, back to your original question.  If Dumbledore dies, it 
could be, indeed, in an attempt to make Harry more powerful.  How 
will he do that?  The same way LV did.  This may not be all that 
plausible but I still think it would be super cool if Dumbledore, in 
book 7 (probably), calls Harry up to his office and says, "Harry, I 
must ask you to trust me."  And then pulls out his wand, points it at 
Harry's forehead and whispers "Avada Kedavra".  A flash of green 
light, and when Harry opens his eyes he sees Dumbledore lying dead on 
the office floor.  Then, of course, bolstered by the powers of the 
two most talented wizards of probably the last fifty years or so, 
Harry goes out, kills LV, at the same time killing the lingering 
protection that Lily left in him, then maybe tragically dies or 
happily lives or tragically lives or happily dies, etc. etc.

Robin, who thinks Lockhart is the most apparant, yet certainly not 
the only, example of JKR's brilliant portrayal of hillariously 
pompous characters.