Interesting email I received.... - Theory about Dumbledore not being

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 153967

> Zandi wrote:

><very big snip>

> Someone had made the comment that Albus didn't have his wand so he
> couldnt have slowed himself down like he did with Harry after he
> fell on his broom during the Quidditch match in book 3. However,
> after reading/watching that part. Albus Dumbledore doesnt use his
> wand to do it. So therefore it is plausible that he could do it for
> himself when falling off the tower. At least enough to slow down the
> fall to not get hurt and still fake his death.


zanooda:

Dumbledore did use his wand to slow Harry down:"He ran onto the field
as you fell, waved his wand, and you sort of slowed down before you
hit the ground"(PoA, p.181 US ed. or p.136 UK ed.)

As for DD falling slowly, it can be just Harry's perception. Sirius's
death is also described like this:"It seemed to take Sirius an age to
fall..."(p.806 US ed. or p.710 UK ed.)

I believe that DD is dead, but I find it really touching that so many
people do not give up hope. As for the e-mail you received I think
that it would be more logical to put The Draught of Living Death into
the basin, not into the lake. More direct approach, don't you think?