Cheap Tricks and Epiphanies (was: Potion In The Cave

[Talisman]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "joywitch_m_curmudgeon" 
<joym999 at ...> wrote:
 
> So, uh, that would mean that Dumbledore is really alive?  Nothing 
> would make me happier, but it also seems like a cheap trick, and one 
> that JKR is unlikely to play on us. > 

Hmmm. With a series that explores faked death in nearly every book, a 
book (HBP) that openly shows and discusses faked death, and a character 
represented by the phoenix, I can't agree that a return from the 
seeming-grave would be either a cheap trick or unlikely. I think it's 
on the menu, in neon lights.


> Joywitch M. Curmudgeon, who loves Dumbledore and hates, hates, hates, 
> hates Snape
>

Now, now. Remember, Rowling herself considers it a flaw in Sirius's 
character that he can't appreciate Snape's good qualities. ;)

Don't worry.  Your beloved old meddler is out scampering amongst the 
villains, setting things up for the big domino-extravaganda ending.

Harry doesn't have to be the prime-mover behind the happy ending.  He 
just has to have a profound epiphany--and do the right thing.

He has to face that thing for which, Rowling said, it would take seven 
books to prepare him.  He has to have his transformative moment--and 
that is all. That is the raison d'etre of his quest, not single-
handedly saving the WW.

If it were, let's face it, he'd already have failed.

Talisman, who enjoys Dumbledore's antics, and loves, loves, loves, 
loves Snape.