Dumbledore's death (was JKR's site up-date - Rumours Section)

[Chys Sage Lattes]

No: HPFGUIDX 127357




> Tonks:
> Well this might not be the popular idea, but I think that DD is 
> imortal. I know everyone, or most everyone, else thinks that he is 
> just a man, but I think that he is more than that. I think that is 
> the reason why his patronis is a phoenix and that Faulks is around. 
> I think that he is like the phoenix. So if I think that out, I guess 
> it means he dies at some point, but never really. He always comes 
> back. So in that way DD can never die. After all in SS/PS he says 
> that he will never be gone from Hogwarts as long as someone there 
> needs him, or was it believes in him. Anyway I think that means that 
> he can not die. When the final book is written, I will slink off in 
> a corner somewhere if it turns out that I am wrong.
> 
> Tonks_op


I think it's more that the IDEA of him (The champion/helper whatever) 
cannot die, and that in that respect, he's like the phoenix. That 
could spur others onward, like how Harry had thought of DD and that it 
was encouraging like the Phoenix song was uplifting.


Chys