Dumbledore's Death

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 140594

knorte1 wrote:
> ... but I'm wondering why everyone seems so completely convinced 
> that DD is really "dead."  

Amiable Dorsai:

Though it breaks my heart to say it, I think Dumbledore is an ex-wizard.

Fawkes sang his lament, and has left Hogwarts.  Dumbledore's portrait
has appeared in the Head... mistress's office.  The office recognizes
McGonagall's right to occupy it (compare this to the Umbridge fiasco).
As zgirnius points out, the Unbreakable Vow has not killed Snape.

Dumbledore is dead.

I think he was dying as the book opened.  I think he knew that; it
would explain so very much: 

Why Dumbledore, the most patient of men, seemed so impatient this year.  

Why he was so blatant about his search for the Horcruxes--I mean he
tried to keep his activities quiet, but it was a loud kind of quiet. 
Scrimgeour and McGonagall and everyone who was paying attention knew
that he was up to something.  This while he was on a quest that had to
be kept secret, lest Voldemort twig to what he was up to and move the
remaing Horcruxes.

Why he finally took a hand in Harry's education, and taught him, not
some Offense Against the Dark Arts magic, as so many of us had been
expecting, but "How to find Horcruxes 101--figuring out what Tom is up
to". I think that he realized that Harry was going to have to find the
rest of the Horcruxes without his help.  Other people can teach

Why he finally put Snape in the DADA position, knowing that that
probably meant he would lose Snape as a Hogwarts teacher, once the
year ended. It was time for Dumbledore to expend some resources.

Why he told Harry to tell his two biggest secrets--secrets he has not
dared to tell anyone else, even Order members--to a couple of
teenagers.  He knew Harry was going to need support, support that
Dumbledore would soon be unable to give him, and Ron and Hermione, for
all their youth, have demonstrated time and again that they will march
into Hell behind Harry.

Dumbledore, in short, acted like a man who knew he had very little
time before he would have to pass the torch.  

I hope he left Harry good notes.

Amiable Dorsai