Headmaster Portraits (was Re: Dumbledore dead?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 151701

> Ceridwen:
> I'm not pushing anything on this.  Though I'm not as sure as I 
used 
> to be that Dumbledore is dead, I'm not sure that he's alive, 
either.  
> It seems like a nice exercise, though.


Alla:

Hehe. You not pushing anything is only one reason why I love your 
posts so much :) So, even though I am not buying Dumbledore being 
alive, I am ready to listen to you almost always. :)


Ceridwen:
<SNIP>
> Another Gandalfian role would be to marshall the Order to 
> troubleshoot for Harry & Co as they search for the Horcrux.  There 
> must be some other front the Order could fight on, as the Men of 
> Gondor stood outside the gates of Mordor, drawing Sauron's 
attention 
> and his resources.  If Dumbledore has some manageable plan 
(despite 
> his not being a military leader, in my opinion), then he's kept it 
> close to his chest, especially if getting Snape in deeper with the 
> enemy is a part of it.  His being 'dead' in Voldemort's mind would 
> give him the freedom to manage things in the background at a time 
> when LV thinks he has the upper hand. 
<SNIP>

Alla:

Right, I am snipping all the reasons for Dumbledore vouching for 
Snape loyalty and only replying to this one since this is the one I 
can see ( IF I could buy DD being alive that is :)). The problem I 
see with this one though is that we did not hear much about Order 
operations in HBP. Of course it does not mean that it did not 
happen, but IMO the Order became basically irrelevant now, since 
basically everything depends on Harry hunting down Horcruxes and 
Harry refused to even let Mcgonagall know what he was doing.

Do you know what I am saying? I am just not sure that anybody but 
Harry's friends will be of much of the  importance in book 7.


Ceridwen:
 And, some speculation for an 
> Alive!Dumbledore mentions Dumbledore helping to hunt for 
Horcruxes, 
> though I think that's the hero's task in book 7.

Alla:

Yes, I think so too.
 

Ceridwen:
> And another reason, which we all missed in HBP, is Dumbledore 
summing 
> everything up for Harry and for us.  Also, his approval validating 
> Harry's efforts and results.  But these are just emotional.
> 
> Anyway, just some possibilities for reasons JKR might consider 
bring 
> Dumbledore back.

Alla:

Sure, I would love to see that, but I just don't think that JKR is a 
liar, you know :) And Dumbledore making appearance would not make 
her a liar IMO since she said pretty much that DD is dead ( wise one 
always dies, etc - paraphrase)

Alla,

who does not think that Dumbledore is alive, but who wholeheartedly 
admits her hypocricy on this topic and would not mind Sirius being 
alive at all, although don't think that he is either. :))