HBP theories...

[zgirnius]

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<x_dreamsmadeflesh_x at ...> wrote:

> Theory #1: Dumbledore is not really dead. 

zgirnius:
We had some fun thinking up ways this might be true, back after HBP 
came out. However, in her recent appearance in New York Rowling seems 
to have said in no uncertain terms that Dumbledore is dead, and is 
not coming back.

 
> Theory #2: Maybe Dumbledore was already dying from destroying the 
ring
> Horocrux (the dead hand?) so he went along with Snape's plan to kill
> him. If he was already dying (he said himself that there are worse
> things than death in OotP) then he could sacrifice himself and still
> have Snape be a spy for the Order.
 
zgirnius:
Yup, a popular theory as well. Or, perhaps, Dumbledore knew he was 
dying of the green potion and asked Snape to kill him, not as part of 
a plan, but the same reasoning would hold.

> Theory #4: I personally think
> that Snape is still on the Order's side...

zgirnius:
That's what I think too. Do you think anyone knows about Snape? I 
kind of like the theory that Dumbledore's death was not planned in 
advance, that I mentioned above. Because I think that would make it 
the hardest for things to get straightened out in Book 7 (and thus, 
the most exciting/suspenseful to read about.<grin>)