[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore in book 7

[Jocelyn Grunow]

No: HPFGUIDX 164897

On Tuesday, February 13, 2007, at 01:33 am, Maria Vaerewyck wrote:
> Since DD will be in book 7, would anyone care to give their theories
> or guesses as to which form DD will be? Will he be in a ghost form,
> which I doubt, or reborn DD like the phoenix, which is also doubtful 
> since Jo said DD will not pull a Gandalf?

I don't think he will be in it per se, but if we are to get 
explanations of things like Snape's true loyalties then a large part of 
such explanations will be concerned with why Dumbledore did what he 
did.  Whether we find out his motivation from letters, paintings, 
pensieve memories (yes yes, kept in vials of course) or from living 
characters' expositions doesn't really matter.

I think that anyone who actually expects DD to make a living (or 
ghostly) appearance is going to be disappointed.  When JKR said that he 
was giving her trouble, I think she was wrestling with explaining his 
past actions.

Jocelyn