Re: Dumbledore's "“peaceful expression”? (was: Dumbledore's pleading)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 141788

 
> > Potioncat:
> > Ah, yes, HPfGU contamination. Much more insidious than movie 
> > contamination. Even if "peaceful" did start with Carol, it took on a 
> > life of its own.
> > 
> 
> Neri:
> All I'll say is - you didn't not go back nearly far enough <g>. This
> one goes considerably deeper, and Carol *isn't* the earlier source
> that I came across. And as far as I could see it didn't started from
> the portrait.
> 
Pippin:
Neri is possibly referring to my post 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/133034

I quoted the canon, and said that Dumbledore wouldn't have had time to
close his eyes or assume a peaceful expression. It's true the canon doesn't
literally say that he had a peaceful expression, but that's generally what we mean in 
English when we say that a corpse looks like it was sleeping. (Open casket viewings are not 
uncommon in the US or I think in Britain.) I'd be astounded if someone said that about a 
body and it turned out to have an expression of horror or  blank surprise -- or pleading.


Pippin