DD's death

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>bboyminn
<snip>What is Dumbledore going to do, reappear at the last minute and  save
Harry? That's kind of anti-climactic. We had Harry built up as  the
hero in 6 books only to have Dumbledore swoop in at the end,  and
snatch Harry's victory from him? Doesn't seem likely. So, how  and
under what circumstances does Dumbledore's fake death serve the  plot
and the story? I can't see it.

>If Dumbledore appears after  the final defeat of Voldemort, I think
Harry is going to feel a little  betrayed. Here Dumbledore is off on a
vacation, and Harry is left to fight  alone. It's nice because the
story ends with Dumbledore alive, but it doesn't  seem pleasant from
Harry's perspective. 

Nikkalmati:
I see your point.  The plot would be weakened if DD reappeared to save  the 
day or came back from Barbados to join the celebration after the smoke  
cleared.  I don't think that is the only possibility, however.  DD may  be off 
regenerating somewhere.  If he recycles into a phoenix, he may have  to start out as 
a child again.  Another possibility, is he has to go to  some other location, 
a super St. Mungos, to heal himself.  Therefore, he  would not be able to 
return to save the day and mess things up for Harry and he  can't be blamed for 
leaving Harry alone to face the music.  Yet he would  return eventually.
Niikkalmati

>bboyminn
 
>So, for now, until the last book proves otherwise, I think  Dumbledore
>was already dying. Snape was backed into a corner and forced  to either
>fight with great casualties and a very likely poor outcome, or  he has
>to kill Dumbledore knowing that in doing so, even under the best  of
>circumstances, he will be hated by the wizard world for all  time.
 
Nikkalmati:
So right. The Tower scene could not have been planned.  We have good  reason 
to believe, on the other hand, that DD and SS had discussed and argued  over 
various possibilities and that they had a notion what they would do, if  worse 
came to worst.  They must have met several times to discuss what to  do about 
Draco and how he was proceeding.  I would hope they had good  reason to 
believe Draco was not going to harm any other students with his  foolish plots.  We 
also know that Hagrid heard them arguing near the  Forbidden Forest.  I assume 
they were outside because it was safer to talk  there or was one of them 
going somewhere? 
Nikkalmati
 
 > Lanval:
> And I tend to be very wary of this kind of  exaggeration. There's so 
> much of it out in Fandom. Like those who  firmly believe that the 
> Marauders ....<snip>...

Nikkalmati:
You know its really hard to counter arguments by people who don't even post  
on this list! <g>
Nikkalmati


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