Ariana's death

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No: HPFGUIDX 177165

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>
> I'm curious as to what others think regarding Ariana's death.
> Dumbledore himself isn't sure what happened and Harry doesn't want 
to
> know. Obviously, JKR didn't want to tell us, either. She 
deliberately
> left it open to speculation. To me, it seems most likely that
> Grindelwald killed her (probably aiming at Aberforth), but if the
> spell he cast had been an AK and the brothers knew they hadn't cast
> one, the identity of the killer would have been obvious, at least to
> them. Gellert's conduct (fleeing the scene) indicates that he either
> was guilty, feared he was guilty, or thought that the others would
> suspect him of being guilty.
<SNIP>

Alla:

Oh. For some reason I am pretty sure that it was not Grindelwald. 
Speculation obviously, just a feeling.

Neither do I think it was Albus. I think it was Aberworth. Obviously 
not intentionally IMO.

Aberworth just looks the best out of three by the end of the book, 
well to me anyways and self righteous, etc.

I like him very very much, but it just seems to me the kind of thing 
JKR would do to the character to smack him down from the pedestal.

She did not leave any adult male figures untainted by darkness, no?

I think it was Aberworth.

As to Grindelwald fleeing, well yeah, I think he fled because he knew 
he had it in himself to kill, that he **could be** guilty and he knew 
it, but in my speculative feeling he did not.

Neither do I think was Albus guilty of that. But was he responsible?

Sure he was in my opinion. He should have shown Grindelwald the door 
IMO and fast.

But since I totally buy him being consumed by the guilt and grief all 
his life, I think he paid more than enough for that mistake.

I still want to cry when I think of cave scene.

JMO,

Alla, who loved Dumbledore's backstory.