Book 7, Dumbledore

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No: HPFGUIDX 153968

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "marinacat06"
<marinacat06 at ...> wrote:
>
> Does anyone know the title? Does everyone truly think that DD is
dead?
> I have my doubts, there was no more mention of seeing DD after (his
> death), Fawkes' song sounds like he is really working hard at doing
> somthing, DD did not drop as others who were cursed did, he floated
> over the tower, there is a hint that DD and Snape were up to
something
> and Snape no longer wanted to do it but DD said he had promised
and so
> he must do it anyway. I have a lot of unanswered questions as we
all
> do but did anyone pick up on the things I just mentioned? There
are a
> lot more things too. Go to the DD is not dead website.
> (http://www.dumbledoreisnotdead.com/)

Joe:
JKR may know the title, but so far she's not tellin'.

I toyed with the idea that DD wasn't dead when a HP site asked
readers to write a proposed first chapter of book 7 in 1000 words or
less. I wrote an entry (didn't win or even make the finals) which
was based on DD's words in the first book, "I would trust Hagrid
with my life." In my fanfict DD had cast his spirit into Hagrid's
body unbeknownst to RH himself. I thought it was a cute idea but the
judges didn't.

I do subscribe to the DDM!Snape theory and think that DD was asking
Snape to go through with it ("Please Severus."), and that Snape
didn't want to but had promised DD he would.

Whether or not DD is dead, both LV and HP believe he is an will
behave based on that understanding which they must. HP must defeat
LV on his own to fulfill the hero's journey without the crutch of
his mentor to assist him. In the end the hero's quest must be his
own.

- Joe