*When* did Dumbledore die?

[lealess]

No: HPFGUIDX 145134

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "another_potter_fan" 
<kevin_mcgoff at y...> wrote:
>
> Pippin:
> <SNIP>
> Dumbledore
> > died of the poison, IMO, some ten or twenty minutes 
> > after he'd fallen from the tower. He may have been
> > conscious long enough to open the locket, he may
> > have decided not to call for aid in order to preserve
> > Snape's cover and keep the vow from going into effect,
> > or because his first priority was to see that Snape and
> > Harry got the Death Eaters out of the school. Any
> > way you slice it, neither of them is a murderer in this
> > scenario. Death by misadventure.
> <SNIP>
> 
> Another_Potter_Fan writes:
> 
> Pippin,
> Only one thing: what of the Unbreakable Vow? If Snape didn't kill 
> DD, then he should be dead as a consequence of breaking the UV. 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Another_Potter_Fan
>

Draco "tried" to kill Dumbledore twice before the Tower, and failed 
each time.  I wonder if his trying has to be more than just facing 
the Headmaster on the Tower and lowering his wand, if it has to be 
actually casting a spell.  If so, Draco hasn't really failed and 
Snape is off the UV hook.  Snape sees what's going on and flings 
Dumbledore over the edge of the building. Dumbledore floats down, and 
arranges his death much as Slughorn arranged his debacle by Death 
Eater, complete with blood (dragon's?).

Snape runs off to get closer to Voldemort, if he's lucky and not 
killed as a threat to the Dark Lord.  Meanwhile, the rest of the 
Wizarding world hates him.  He would understandably object to being 
called a coward in such circumstances.

And Dumbledore may be out of the action, but he may not yet be dead.

lealess