Dumbledores AK Death (Was Confused. WAS: Re: CHAPDISC: HBP24, Sectumsempra)

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No: HPFGUIDX 161414

<<Eddie:
 > Why was Dumbledore blasted into the air when every other AK death
 > we've seen, the victim just crumpled to the ground?  Why was this
 > one different?
 
<<<wiffyboy:
<<While it is true that Frank Bryce, Cedric 
 <<Diggory, and even the fox that Bellatrix killed just fell to the 
 <<ground after being hit by AK, and, aside from Dumbledore, these are 
<<the only characters that we actually see get hit, you seem to be 
 <<forgeting the spider that Imposter Moody killed in Harry's first DADA 
 <<class with him. 
 
<<The book said something along the line of "Ron falling out of his seat 
 as the spider skidded to a stop in front of him." 
 
 <<Now, this could just be a blunder on JKR's part, but fact that the 
 <<spider seemed to have shot off from the desk always struck me as odd. 
 
DA Jones here:

There are two possible answers: 

1. Momentum. Both Dumbledore and the spider may have made some sort of reflexive move to get out the way thus adding momentum in the direction away from the spell. So DD prior momentum carried him over the wall, not the spell.

2. Both DD blasting and the spider skittering were the result of 'low life force prior to the spell. The movement was the result of the extra-energy of the spell disapating. Spider don't strile me as creatures with a lot of life energy. Killing a spider with an AK is rather a lot of overkill. It's liike dropping a real bomb instead of a bug bomb. DD lifeforce was also very low because of the poison and the blackened hand, he was very near death when he died so it was the extre energy of the AK that blasted him back. 

Although the oddest thing is his bleeding mouth. The AK is not supposed to leave any physical marks, although the bleeding mouth may be the result of additional physical damamge from the fall or prior damage from the potion Harry didn't notice. 

Or it was all faked. What do you think?

What do you think?         
  
 
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