Headmaster Portraits (was Re: Dumbledore dead?)

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 151709

Alla:
*(snip)*
> 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:
If we take LOTR as a template (both as a model and as different), 
then of course Harry, Ron and Hermione will be the central focus of 
the book.  It's from Harry's POV, and it doesn't jump around to the 
different stories.  Harry didn't see the Order doing anything in HBP, 
but it may have.  Dumbledore said they had moved to a new 
headquarters, so they must be doing something.  Harry is out of the 
loop.  I think the Order is doing *something*, though you're right, 
we won't see it until after it's over.

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)

Ceridwen:
I really try to avoid interviews, since I'd rather just read the 
books.  But it's hard not to sneak peeks, you know?  *g*  She also 
said that the dead don't come back to life in her stories.  But if 
Dumbledore didn't really die, then that isn't going back on anything 
she said.  And, yes, mentors die, leaving the road free for the 
hero.  But, sometimes they do come back (like Gandalf).  The road is 
still free for Harry, as it was for Frodo.  The absence of the mentor 
is the key, I think, not necessarily his actual death.  But the hero 
has to believe he's gone, or he'll spend his time searching for the 
wise advice instead of carrying on...

Does this sound anything like the Mirror of Erised?  It just suddenly 
did to me.

Ceridwen.