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

[Constance Vigilance]

No: HPFGUIDX 141819

> Carol:
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> 
> "Dumbledore's eyes were closed; but for the strange angle of his arms
> and legs, he might have been sleeping. Harry reached out, straightened
> the half-moon spectacles upon the crooked nose, and wiped a trickle of
> blood from the mouth with his own sleeve. Then he gazed down at the
> wise old face and tried to absorb the enormous and incomprehensible
> truth: that never again would Dumbledore speak to him, never again
> could he help..."
> 
> Once again, Dumbledore looks as if he's asleep (if Harry ignores his
> position and looks only at his face). Harry straightens Dumbledore's
> spectacles and gazes into his "wise old face." (Fact, right, with no
> interpretation or speculation?)

CV: I think part of the "peaceful look" extension comes from the fact
that he is still wearing his specticles, which are just crooked. Given
all the recent activity, one would have expected his glasses to be in
worse condition or missing, wouldn't you say? Unless you believe, as I
do, that it's all a fake.

Carol:
 
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> It is reasonable to examine the evidence and hypothesize on the basis
> of it. That, I believe, is what we do on this list. (I, for one,
> haven't forgotten that Narcissa's tears canonically splashing onto
> Snape's chest led to ACID POPS. :-) )
> 
> Carol, who considers the "peaceful expression" *semi*canonical, but
> will try to remember to say "DD's apparently composed expression" in
> future
>

CV: Me, too.