DD death

[Adzuroth]

No: HPFGUIDX 152652

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Najwa" <empress.najwa at ...> wrote:
>
> logistis_20 wrote:
> > <snip>
> > Why he should die like that? And why LV he want so badly to kill DD?
> 
> > 
> 
> Najwa now:
> I honestly believe he's dead, but not because snape outsmarted him or
> anything, and not because snape is stronger than him. My belief is
> that Dumbledore knew of the unbreakable vow, and knew what was going
> on with draco, and right at that moment in time, it was necessary for
> him to die, so he begged snape to do it. >

Am I the only one who thinks there's something a wee bit wrong with the 
belief that Dumbledore suddenly got tired of living and decided to die 
on his knees at the hands of Snape, begging for his life?  I always 
thought DD had a little more pride than that, and would have prefered 
to look Snape square in the eye and say "just do what you've gotta 
do".  DD more than likely wanted the rest of the wizarding world to 
believe he was dead so Voldy and the DE's would have a huge false sense 
of security.  They would then become much bolder than ever before, 
which would lead them to make mistakes that Harry could capitalize on.  
Besides, if DD really believed he was going to die he could at any time 
have summoned the house elves to defend him (and no, you don't need a 
wand for that).  There's much more to DD's so-called death scene than 
meets the eye.  Has there ever been another instance where pumping a 
ton of emotions into an unforgivable curse resulted in an additional 
effect on top of its intended result?  As far as I know the answer is 
no.  If you hit someone with the killing curse, they simply fell over 
dead as opposed to getting knocked backwards over a battlement.

P.S.- anyone have an idea as to why JKR called the undead inferi 
instead of using the more popular nomenclature of zombies?

Adzuroth