Dumbledore MAY be alive....

[puduhepa98 at aol.com]

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Bart:
> He drank SOMETHING. The major reason I think that  Dumbledore is 
> dead is that JKR is too good a writer to have him be secretly 
> alive.
> 
> Luckdragon:
> Wasn't the potion in the cave flourescent green? The draught of 
> living death is Purple(Lilac). Still I don't believe he's dead 
> either.

> Bart:
> Once again, though, speaking from a point of view of looking at 
> the epic, having Dumbledore somehow survive would come off like 
> pandering to the audience.


Nikkalmati:
 
I understand and I agree that it seems to go against the theme of 
the books for DD to return to rescue Harry.  Harry is the hero and 
he has to grow in wisdom and grace to defeat the evil wizard with 
the help of his friends, primarily.  On the other hand, I cannot 
ignore two major clues JKR has planted.  At the funeral we witness 
DD's body burst into flames in exactly the same way as his phoenix. 
Harry even sees a phoenix rising from the smoke.  Is this supposed 
to mean nothing?  Is it a red herring?  What other explanation is 
there than that DD was reborn?  Of course if you think about Fawkes 
he returned as a baby bird, so DD may not be able to return to help 
Harry.  He may alive as an infant somewhere.
 
The second clue is the portrait.  Why doesn't it behave like the 
other portraits, especially after the funeral?  The fact that DD 
appears to be sleeping indicates IMO that he is not dead in the 
same way as the figures in the other portraits.  Of course, there 
could simply be a delay in having a portrait come alive, but we 
have not been given any such explanation in canon. 
 
We also need to consider the Christian theme of the books.  If 
there is a sacrificial figure, a Christ figure, if you will, it has 
to be DD.  No one else is good enough to fill that role and JKR has 
said DD is the epitome of goodness.   Following up on this idea, DD 
sacrificed himself for others but he will be resurrected.  I am not 
sure JKR will follow the NT so precisely, but it is a possibility.
 
Nikkalmati (not really meaning that business about the love potion)