[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape and Dumbledore on the Tower/ Blood on DD face.

[Ronin_47]

No: HPFGUIDX 165432

 --Draeconin wrote--
>>> Actually, no. There would have been broken bones, and the fall itself 
would have killed him if he weren't already dead, but the human body is 
pretty resilient. But the AK is supposed to be instantaneous. And the 
being 'flung back' by the AK? Nope. In every other case where the 
effects of the spell is shown, the victim simply slumps down, dead. 
Sounds to me like JKR didn't care about the discrepancy, and was just 
going for dramatic effect. <<< 
 
 
 
 
--Ronin's Comments--
Actually, the fall itself wouldn't necessarily kill him. It's quite
possible, given his age and weakened state. But as you mentioned, the human
body is very resilient.
Last week in the news, a young pregnant woman was sky diving. Her parachute
failed and her back-up also failed. Her fiancé was video taping the entire
jump as she plummeted helplessly to earth. She landed face first on the
black top of a parking lot. After needing reconstructive surgery on her
entire face and parts of her neck and pelvis, not only is she alive and
well, but the unborn child was also born, free of damage. It's an incredible
true story of survival. 
And to think, they were just ordinary muggles. 
I believe Dumbledore was killed by the AK and that he was prepared to die.
But it's always a possibility I suppose that he survived.
 
Cheers,
Ronin


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