Dumbledore not dead?

[JULIA WILKES]

No: HPFGUIDX 163915

> Raechel <mymusical_girls at yahoo.com>:
> While I agree that Dumbledore is, in fact, DEAD, I don't 
> think that necessarily means he is gone. It interests me 
> greatly the way his portrait in the headmistresses office 
> is described at the end of HBP.  As we know the portraits 
> are all aware of what is going on in the present as 
> demonstrated by Phineas Nigellus and the portraits who
> assist DD in OoP. IMO, I believe that DD will still be 
> around to help Harry and explain what happened to his 
> shriveled and burnt hand by means of his portrait. 
> Consequently, just because JKR has resolutely declared 
> that DD is dead does not mean he won't be around.

  
Response from jdwilkes46:
I do believe Dumbledore is dead but will be able to communicate 
with us thru his portrait. At the end of OOTP, they talk about 
his "sleeping portrait". So he'll wake and will communicate 
with Harry and every one else just like he did when he was 
alive, he would talk to all the other portraits about stuff. 
My question is this: I know that you can move from portrait 
to portrait, Phineas moved from Dumbledore's office to #12 
Grimmauld Place when he needed to. Could Harry, If he were to 
carry a portrait of Dumbledore in his knapsack could Dumbledore 
move from the office to the knapsack so he could go with Harry 
to look for the Horcruxes?

As far as Harry dying in the last book or Snape being good:
I have always thought Snape was truly evil... Never had a good 
bone in his body. 

And I hope Harry doesn't die, that would be a shame and would 
firmly close the book series. Which I have always hoped that 
maybe in 5 or 10 years JKR would break down and write another 
book. Like the aftermath of a deadly fight. I would love to 
have it end with the fight between LV and Harry with them both 
lying on the ground and just as the movie goes to black out you 
see Harry move his hand or something. 

jdwilkes46