Dumbledore and Gandalf... COME ON HE IS NOT DEAD! not for long! ;)

[Joe Bento]

No: HPFGUIDX 135625

Auria:
 
> I really want to believe that DD's death is fake and you present some 
> excellent arguments in favour of this.  
> However I read in one of JK Rowling's interviews that she felt 'really 
> upset'' after writing the ending of HBP.  This does not bode well - why 
> would she feel upset if she knew DD's death was not for real?
> Perhaps JK Rowling just says this to make us think DD is really dead, 
> but somehow I fear it may be wishful thinking.  I just hope I am wrong 
> and that DD turns up alive and well in book 7.


I'll admit to being very disturbed at Dumbledore's death.  I'm still
in the camp that wants to believe that Snape is fighting for the right
side.  

I would somehow be very disappointed if Dumbledore was resurrected in
book 7.  Dead people do not return to life - at least not on an
earthly plane.  Dumbledore's portrait is now in his headmaster's
office.  This in itself seems to confirm the fact he is indeed dead. 
The description of DD's body as though he were sleeping, were it not
for the twisted limbs also confirms the death in my mind.  

I believe DD is indeed dead, and if he is to offer any further
counsel, I believe it will be through his portrait.  The question that
enters my mind is if Snape actually used the AK incantation.  We
learned more about silent incantations in the HBP, and Snape could
have easily used a different spell, but spoke the AK to appease those
in audience around him.  This thought comes again from the description
of DD's body - he apparently did not die in terror or with a frozen
look of terror as seems the case with AK.

Joe