is Dumbledore really dead?

[pswannkcrrcom]

No: HPFGUIDX 171933

> drax_orion:
> Personally I think if he has been reborn in that matter, he would
> have retained his memories.  If that is true, it may be possible that
> he is actually Godric Gryffindor (yeah, that is a super sized
> stretch) or he is just as old as his old friend Nicholas Flamel.
> Makes you wonder if maybe Dumbledore's so called brother is maybe
> actually his son, grandson, or even more distant decendant.


pswann
Fawkes has saved lives by intervention before, so it was unusual that he didn't shield Dumbledore when this was most needed.  That alone makes me think it was a planned event between Dumbledore and Snape.  We did not see Dumbledore die--only go over the rampart.  I know that the dead stay dead (most of the time) but perhaps he and Fawkes somehow merged.  That would explain Fawkes' sad lament before leaving the grounds and also his not being around when people gathered around Dumbledore's body on the grounds. He was suspiciously absent through the entire event.