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

[pansophy2000]

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Marianne:
> > Well, if JKR's only reason to bump off Sirius is to make me 
> believe 
> > that DD could also die, when she's really planning on bringing him 
> > back, then that's an incredibly stupid reason. Especially, if what 
> > you seem to suggest is some authorial sleight of hand:  Sirius is 
> > killled off, so I'll believe it when DD is apparently killed.  
> And, 
> > then, in Book 7, DD springs up alive?  And, I'm supposed to be 
> > happy about this?  I'd feel manipulated in the extreme.

Pan:
Yeah, you are probably right on most counts and DD is really gone.  I 
just don't like it...its depressing to think about...and now I am 
really beginning to ponder whether Harry himself will be alive at the 
end of book 7, especially since JKR has been firm about this being the 
last book.  

He has escaped Voldermort in large part from the protections other 
people have given him through out the books. And while you do not seem 
to think that Harry not being able to handle Snape should impact how 
he might be able to handle Voldermort, I disagree.  

Perhaps I have at least gotten past the denial phase of death :)