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[evol_naixram]

No: HPFGUIDX 141809

Hi, my name is Tracy and I live in portland, OR.

I got through reading all the books in the past month.  It took me a 
while to gather up the nerve to actually read the HP books, but now 
I'm a huge fan, and I dork out to HP more than I ever would've 
imagined!  When book six first came out, my gf got the book at the 
release, and I acquired a spoiler the very next day (she wasn't happy 
about my attempts to humor her :P).

Anyhoo, I love Snape!  I don't know why!  He's my favorite :P  Of 
course, I love Neville, too.

So after reading all these books, I think Dumbledore gave Snape the 
order to kill him, RAB is Reubeus (sp?) Black (perhaps?), Draco 
probably won't end up being on the "dark side", and Dumbledore will 
live with the other portraits of dead headmasters... which honestly 
doesn't seem like he's really dead.  What was JKR getting at with the 
death and portraits?  I mean, what's supposed to really happen after 
death in HP?

Anyhoo... I'll be lurking :)