Another possible reason Snape killed DD

[Miikka R.]

No: HPFGUIDX 135281

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" <tonks_op at y...> wrote:
> Here is another rather far out idea.  What if DD is immortal, like 
> Fawkes? He is not really human, he is an immortal being. 
> Look at the clues:  Fawkes has only been DD's.  DD patronus is a 
> phoenix.  And as he is nearing death, his arm appears
 what
 
> BURNED.  Is it his Burning Time??  When Harry looks into the flames 
> he sees a spiritual phoenix rising from the ashes.

Quite an interesting proposition, but it seems out of character. DD,
after all, has all along been a proponent of mortality. His comments
on the acceptability of death and - on occasion - even its benevolence
. Making him deathless would certainly be a nice twist, but at the
same time it would drastically diminish everything he's ever said on
the subject. If death only happens to other people, you're suddenly
far less qualified to comment on it.

In contrast, LV is the one who seeks to break the limitations on his
life and remake them in his own image. An important part of DD's
character was that this was bound to happen.


> Symbolically this has many meanings. First one could see DD as a 
> Christ figure. Also he might be a symbol from another religion
> as well, perhaps Buddhism. My thinking here is that he has all of 
> those names, so maybe he reincarnates over and over just like Fawkes 
> and each time gets another name added. (He started his "burning time"
> with his arm. And Snape helps him along at the end.) Then I also
> wonder if it is like with the Dalai Lama. Was Albus the last one and
> now Harry is the next (the chosen one)? Of course, the Chosen One
> refers to Jesus in the Christian religion, the Messiah in the Jewish.

Gives me an extremely bad story idea... were all the major religions
founded at different times?

-Kizor