Dumbledore dead?

[david_krasnansky]

No: HPFGUIDX 151601

> "winkadup" <winkadup@> wrote:
> > Do you believe he is really dead? Snape offered Malfoy to fake 
> > his death to save him & his family. Could this also be that 
> > faking Dumbledore's death is some sort of way to fake out the 
> > death eaters?
 
> Tonks:
> Yes, he is dead. <snip> I understand people not wanting it to be 
> true. But it is true, for many reasons. There was no need to fake 
> his death. But there was a need for him to die. I think in order 
> to understand what will happen in book 7 we must accept, hard as 
> it is, that he is dead.

David here:
    In my entry 151295 and subsequent replies I presented a theory 
why Dumbledore is alive and why it is important.  Harry Potter will 
never talk to Dumbledore again (so in that respect Dumbledore is as 
good as dead to Harry) as I believe Dumbledore, polyjuiced to look 
like Wormtail, will sacrifice his life to save Harry.  Seeing 
Wormtail change back to the now dead Dumbledore will give the 
emotional twist needed for Harry and Snape to defeat Voldemort.  
    I agree that he can no longer, directly, help Harry and that 
Voldemort must think him dead.  But all that can be acomplished and 
more without him actually being dead.