[HPforGrownups] Re: It's more complex than that....

[Kemper]

No: HPFGUIDX 164855

> Steve/bboyminn wrote:
> > "Dumbledore is giving me a lot of trouble". I don't think for a
> minute that this means that Dumbledore is not dead. I'm sure he is
> quite dead, but I always expected him to be in the last book even if
> he is dead. Harry's parents are dead and they have made several
> appearances in the Series.
> ...
> We already know that Dumbledore has one enduring presence
> in the remaining book; his portrait. That will be
> something. I just can't imagine Dumbledore's portrait
> being there and Harry not talking to it a time or two.
> In addition, I suspect there are penseive memories and
> perhaps some letters. So, that represents Dumbledore's
> presence in the book.
>
> In some way the wise old now-dead mentor alwasy finds a way to make
> his presence felt, but that doesn't mean he will be jumping out from
> behind the curtain saying "Just kidding".
>
>
> Ceridwen replied:
> Maybe he'll jump out from behind the curtain and say 'Phoenix, you
> know, back from Beyond'. ;)
>
>
> Good catch, Steve! I'm up for hearing anyone's take on this. I
> doubt Pensieve memories because, in my opinion, leaving something
> like that or a letter lying around is just begging for the Bad Guys
> to find it. We don't know how much a portrait could recall from its
> subject's life, so that's hit or miss (but I'm sure JKR can pull it
> off). Spirit presence like the Priori Incantatum (that was the GoF
> effect, wasn't it?) or like Obi-Wan Kenobi is possible, but perhaps a
> bit cheesy and 'been there, done that'.
>

Kemper now:
I disagree.  Dumbledore can leave a note for Harry saying,"Remember
how you got the stone."  (Obviously, it would be a bit more discreet.)
Then Harry can go to the Mirror of Erised and, like magic, a vial of
memories can suddenly appear in his pocket.  I know there's the
arguement that we've already seen that but... we've seen a lot:
portraits talking, ghosts talking, dead parents talking, etc.  So why
not a natural tie back to the first book?

But... if DD were to come from behind a curtain, I think he would say, 'Boo!'

Kemper