Dumbledore in Book 7 (Was: Hagrid's Magic)

[msbeadsley]

No: HPFGUIDX 137207


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "vmonte" <vmonte at y...> wrote:
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Also, why tell us what Dumbledore's favorite jam is?
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Or, will somone attempt to fool the Order into believing that DD is back?
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Good questions! I have (probably outrageously wrong) answers.

Harry will get periodic communiques from an anonymous someone who
hints that Dumbledore's death was not what it seemed. One will include
the answer to the jam question, and each will contain information
helpful in the quest for the horcruxes.  We will see a repeat of
events in OoP and HBP in that Harry believes something no one else
does (see footnote). Harry will of course suspect a trap, that a
villain is behind these messages, but will ultimately conclude that no
one else could have access to the information he is learning; he will
also be inclined to believe Dumbledore is still alive out of love and
a certain amount of guilt (survivor's and due to events in the cave).

The sender will of course turn out to be Snape, who has (in his own
inimitable way) been trying to assist Harry in his endeavors since
that first day in Potions class. Harry will not find out until the
final confrontation that the person he most despises is truly on his
side. 

(footnote: Sirius hostage in MoM in OoP, what Draco is doing matters
very much in HBP, as well as the conflict between Hermione's suspicion
of and Harry's fondness for the HBP)

Sandy, aka msbeadsley, who perhaps hates Snape a little less today

P.S. Not only is Irma Pince Snape's mother, but Filch, rather than
being her new boyfriend, is actually Snape's father (not a squib but a
true muggle); the abusive man we saw in the Pensieve was Snape's
maternal grandfather, and Irma and Argus moved to Hogwarts to get away
from him. Heh. (Yeah, I know this doesn't work because Filch was there
when Arthur and Molly were at school, but still...)