*When* did Dumbledore die?

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No: HPFGUIDX 145139

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:
>
> Pippin:
> > > It was fresh enough to wipe away. 
> 
> Gerry: 
> > But JKR is sometimes rather nonchalant.
> 
> Pippin:
> I think the other references to blood and bleeding show
> she wasn't being nonchalant here. Of course it could
> be a Flint. But then so could anything.
> 
> Gerry: 
> > But then they have to catch Snape first, and perform that spell. 
They
> > did not bother with Sirius, so why would they now? 
> 
> Pippin:
> Sirius was accused of having blown up a street and destroyed
> thirteen lives with a single spell. It was not an Avada Kedavra
> spell, which takes one life at a time. If his wand was tested,
> the absence of a shadow wouldn't have proved anything.


Marianne:
According to the Lexicon, Priori Incantatum will shades of the last 
spells the wand cast.  To me that means it shows a "shade" or 
representation of whatever spell was cast, not necessarily only 
limited to shades of bodies killed by an AK.  If Sirius' wand had 
cast whatever spell that was powerful enough to blow up a street, 
then I would suspect that PI would show something to indicate that.  

Pippin:
> I would assume that Harry will catch up with Snape before
> the Ministry does...in which case we might have a scene
> very much like the one in the Shrieking Shack with the 
> roles reversed. Harry will be insisting on immediate vengeance
> and Hermione might say it wouldn't hurt to hear 
> what Snape had to say. She might even stand in front of
> him. Do you think Harry would hex her?

Marianne: 
I'd agree that it would be more dramatic to have Harry confront 
Snape while Snape is still free, as opposed to talking to him if he 
was a prisoner of the Ministry.  I don't, however, see Harry 
exacting vengeance in the sense of trying to kill Snape. If, as 
loads of people seem to think, part of Harry's maturing process is 
to be able to master his negative emotions (or at least, the extreme 
ends of those emotions) then, I think he has to show this by *not* 
killing Snape. For this to be most effective, IMO, would be for 
Harrry to act of his own accord, and not have to be convinced or 
pushed or coerced by Hermione or anyone else.  

Marianne