[HPforGrownups] Re: Two theories on Dumbledore...

[Jordan Abel]

No: HPFGUIDX 156984

On 8/15/06, rlace2003 <rlace2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> bear81999 <bear81999 at ...> wrote:
> >
> > I have two possible theories about Dumbledore being alive.
> > <snip>
>
> Ryan:
>
> The only problem is that about 2 weeks ago JKR stated firmly
> that "Dumbledore is definitely dead."
> http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/#static:eventreports/jkrnycnight2

JKR is sneaky, though. We have to separate what she said from what she
did not say.

She did not say any of the following:

That Albus is dead.
That the victim is dead.
That the victim is Albus, or indeed either Dumbledore
That Dumbledore died concurrently with the tower scene (That is, that
he wasn't dead before, or alive after, for some amount of time)

In the above, "Albus" means Albus Dumbledore.
"Dumbledore" means whichever of Albus or Aberforth she meant.
"The victim" means whoever got "killed" in the tower scene.