Dumbledore's-death-is-a-fake-theory

[Sydney]

No: HPFGUIDX 143626


> 
> n_longbottom01 wrote:

>It sure seems like there must be 
> someone who's death has been faked, but I am not sure who. 

I think so too, but I don't think it would be Dumbledore: there's been
such a buildup to his readiness for death, the "next great adventure",
and to his age and so on.  Plus there's the Unbreakable Vow-- wouldn't
Snape have died, then, failing both to help Draco and to complete the
task for him?  And the real clincher, D-dore's portrait, which is a
pre-established way to have Dumbledore around in a shadowy form in the
grand tradition of Obi-Wan, and does the portait thing work if
someone's still alive? 

My canditate:  Emmeline Vance.  Because I can't figure out why else
her death was worked into Snape's 'Spinner's End' spin.  If Snape is
evil, and that was the OMG Snape's Evil!! reveal, why not have be
responsible for the death an Order member we KNOW, so it would have an
emotional impact?  In fact, why not have him actually KILL somebody,
as opposed to the dancy-aroundy "provided information" thing, so the
audience could gasp and go 'he killed Vance, the bastard!?!'?  Why, in
general, kill Vance off before individualizing her in any way beyond
that she's 'stately'?  It's pretty standard, if you're going to kill a
character in order to establish the Seriousness of the Situation, to
give them a personality first so the death means something.

With good!Snape there's also no reason to introduce the death of
Vance, unless it's a le Carre-ish dirtiness of spy work thing. But
that would require a load of irrelevant exposition after the fact. 
Irrelevant, that is, unless Vance herself can appear and provide us
not only with an explanation, but also with another female adult
character with a personality(yay!).

>  My 
> other candidate was R.A.B. is posing as Stubby Boardman...

That would be AWESOME!  But not very likely, for the reasons you
stated.. unless RAB disappeared HIMSELF, without Dumbledore's help. 
It would be lovely if Harry could have Sirius 'back' in some way, or
at least have a living connection to him.  It would sure help, as
well, to have one fewer piece of backstory in the last book that will
need a magical device to reveal it!

-- Sydney, who is nuts about the idea of the grand tragedy of the
Black family resolving itself in the wacky figure of Stubby Boardman,
middle-aged crooner