[HPforGrownups] Re: Live again, Dumbledore!

[J]

No: HPFGUIDX 161180

KathyO:

If Dumbledore's 
> brother was helping him out, and taking polyjuice potion to 'become' 
> his brother when needed...then 'out' Dumbledore may still be alive.

Eddie:
Cute twist, but I'm not persuaded. We see Dumbledore continuously
from the time he and Harry leave Hogwarts, to the locket-cave, back to
Hogsmeade, back to the tower, to the Avada Kedavra. Would Aberforth
Dumbledore (the brother) have been able to accomplish all the things
we saw him do? (Heck, maybe... we don't know much about Aberforth's
powers).
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Jeremiah:

(*sigh*) Oh, sadness. This thread saddens me, yet intrigues me, too. (DD dead... it's not easy to deal with).

I, too doubt the ability of Aberforth to have accomplished such tasks. Not that a man who was tried for inappropriate useage of goats would be incapable of such things but I think Albus mentioned Aberforth was not able to read... or something like that (poor soul..l but he sure pours a mean firewhiskey).

I would love to have Dumbly-dore back, too, but I think he's gone. If he could come back it would be as a ghost and I think Nearly-Headless Nick has addressed that issue in OotP. We do have his portrait and if his portrait is going to help then we have to have a Headmaster/mistress that is working for the Order. Then the portrait can speak more freely (assuming it can do that). Then again, we need to find out where DD's other portraits are!

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