Originally posted by dumbyaintdead
i think the portraits can be made manually.
dumbledore is on chocolate frog cards, why not on a picture in his office.
i also think dumbledore is a pheonix animagus so when the tomb erupted in flames.. he teleported because pheonix's can do that if you remember in order of the phoenix.
or he put a flames freezing charm so he wouldnt feel the flames and transifigured himself into the tomb.
also if you notice, madam pomfrey was particularly intrigued by the phoenix song because she knew it had healing powers.
could the pheonix be healing an unconsious dumbledore from the drop down from the tower?
it also never mentions dumbledores wand which means he could have gained it at any time.
we also never actually see dumbledores body after hagrid takes it. and dumbledore says he would trust his life with hagrid...reply with any more comments.
nah i think you're stretching it quite a bit.
Dumbledore is not dead. he just wanted everyone to think that. I don't remember who said it but someone siad that dumbledore is like one of the most powerful wizards but i don't remember exactly. See my friends thought that dumbledor did not die just acted like it really happened and one of my friends moms even says that he is going to come back in the next book.
Originally posted by specialangel
Dumbledore is not dead. he just wanted everyone to think that. I don't remember who said it but someone siad that dumbledore is like one of the most powerful wizards but i don't remember exactly. See my friends thought that dumbledor did not die just acted like it really happened and one of my friends moms even says that he is going to come back in the next book.
Oh, well since your friend's mom said so then it must be true... I'm telling you, Rowling said she was going to kill off a major character and that's what she did.
He's dead, okay? get used to it. JKR couldn't very well say that Harry will be the one to defeat Voldy with Dumbledore around...i mean i loved him too, but how could Harry turn out to be the hero with Dumbledore to save the day.
This is the time and place where people realize that Harry has either got to win or lose-and if Dumbledore were to come back, he might ensure Harry's victory, which would completely throw off the meaning of the prophecy.
Dumbledore's fate was decided for a reason-so Harry could step out of the shadow of "Dumbledore's prized and most protected student," to become a survivor who must fend for himself.
Let's face it, Dumbledore's fate was sealed from the moment the prophecy was made.
And...that's just the way the story goes.
How Snape got around the vow
Originally posted by radioboy121
The pact made by the "unbreakable vow" seemed to take effect, otherwise there would possibly be a different reaction when Narcissa and Snape were holding hands. If Snape didn't kill Dumbledore, he would probably be dead instead (due to the vow)]
I have a theory about how Snape got around the Unbreakable Vow. In the chapter where Snape and Narcissa are performing the vow during the first part of the vow everything is fine but right before Narcissa asks Snape if he will perform the task set for Draco if he can't it says that his hand twitches in hers but he doesn't pull away isn't it possible that he somehow did something so quick it wasn't seen. I mean we know wizards can do things extremely fast from when Umbridge was interviewing that girl in Phoenix and (I think it was Shacklebolt) took over the girls body.
EXACTLY
Originally posted by Harry_Iz_MINE!
He's dead, okay? get used to it. JKR couldn't very well say that Harry will be the one to defeat Voldy with Dumbledore around...i mean i loved him too, but how could Harry turn out to be the hero with Dumbledore to save the day.This is the time and place where people realize that Harry has either got to win or lose-and if Dumbledore were to come back, he might ensure Harry's victory, which would completely throw off the meaning of the prophecy.
Dumbledore's fate was decided for a reason-so Harry could step out of the shadow of "Dumbledore's prized and most protected student," to become a survivor who must fend for himself.
Let's face it, Dumbledore's fate was sealed from the moment the prophecy was made.
And...that's just the way the story goes.
I agree!!! One by one, harry's protectors had to die to give him room so that readers everywhere would no doubt believe in Harry's triumph if he ever beats the dark Lord!
It is also not in Dumbledore's nature to play a trick on MANY creatures' emotions just to "save the day" and in the end and become the hero!
Even if snape didnt really kill him then dumbledore would be dead as all ur great great great great grand parents. U cant apperate so he couldnt like appear at the bottom and wats his name (the old man, im taking a while to write this, whats wrong with my typing?!) had his neck at a weird angle so he's dead x_x
OK well let's start with "dumbyaintdead" from everything you have said.. i can tell with out a doubt you've been to a few other websites and researched the death of dumbledore... meaning to me.. you are not creative in your theories.. but i take nothing away from you.. i too believe some of them because of strong supporting evidence
Such as DD soaring into the air from avada kedavra.. that curse doesn't do that..
I also think that everyone saying "he wouldn't let hogwarts be attacked.. blah blah blah.." well if u didn't notice, it was attacked while he was alive.. soo i guess him being there doesn't exactly just stop everything.. but destroying the dark lord IS the main priority.. DD would rather sacrifice the lives of some and get rid of the dark lord.. than the dark lord kill thousands and still be out there.. come on guys.. it's logical.. and also if DD is appeared to be dead and isn't then he can help harry anonymously.. and i have a feeling he may be doing that.. harry will recieve hints from some unknown in book 7.. and at the end DD will come out and congratulate him.. OORRRRR... as in COS when harry says DD will only be gone when none here are loyal to him, Fauxes came to his rescue.. well harry says it again at the end of HBP.. and maybe fauxes is going to be something of a deciding factor.. cause we all know it is fauxe's tailfeather that is in harry's wand and the dark lord's wand..
whether or not DD comes back or not.. i think fauxes will.. and isn't that pretty much the same thing.. fauxes is like a part of dumbledore.. and i kind of agree with the dumbledore being an animagus phoenix.. that's a good theory.. because it does say something about the smoke going up and harry saw something that looked like a phoenix come out.. but hey who knows.. JK is prob. reading all this and getting ideas from everyone and knowing what is most expected and what is least expected.. because she is brilliant..
from jkrowling.com
Why did Harry have to forget the mirror he had been given by Sirius in 'Order of the Phoenix'?
I can’t give a full answer to this, because it is relevant to books six and seven. However, the short answer is that Harry was determined never to use the mirror, as is clearly stated in chapter 24: ‘he knew he would never use whatever it was’. For once in Harry’s life, he does not succumb to curiosity, he hides the mirror and the temptation away from himself, and then, when it might have been useful, he has forgotten it.
The mirror might not have helped as much as you think, but on the other hand, will help more than you think. You’ll have to read the final books to understand that!
any ideas on this found it on jkr's website but the mirror wasn't anywhere in HBP or did I miss it somehwere???
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At the end of OotP harry finds something wrapped very badly and then remember that it is what siruis gave him.. and he opened it and it was a two way mirror.. and he tries to use it then to talk to siruis again but he can't since he is dead. and harry throws it back into his chest i believe and it breaks.. which a simple repairing charm could fix. but i have a feeling in the 7th book he'll give the other mirror to someone and fix his.. or something along those lines
Originally Posted At www.dumbledoreisnotdead.com
We know Snape is a powerful Legilimens, we learned that in the Occlumency scenes with Snape and Harry in Order of the Phoenix. Just in case we forgot about Legilimency, J.K. mentioned it just a few pages ago. Questioning Voldemort's trust in Snape, Snape interrupts:"You think he is mistaken? Or that I somehow hoodwinked him? Fool the Dark Lord, the greatest wizard, the most accomplished Legilimens the world has ever seen?" (HBP pg 26/31)
Having just been on the verge of spilling the beans to Snape, Draco's assignment must have been top-most in Narcissa's thoughts, and in the quiet moment at the window, Snape saw it in her mind. He then lies to them about already knowing the plan, to gain their trust.
So, at the same time that Snape is trying to convince Narcissa and Bellatrix that he's worthy of Voldemort's trust, we can see he is lying to them, several times. That can only mean that Snape isn't as loyal to Voldemort as he'd like Bellatrix and Narcissa (and us!) to believe.
"Was he after the Defense Against the Dark Arts job again, sir? He didn't say..." "Oh, he definitely wanted the Defense Against the Dark Arts job," said Dumbledore. "The aftermath of our little meeting proved that. You see, we have never been able to keep a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher for longer than a year since I refused the post to Lord Voldemort." (HBP pg 446/418)
So, Dumbledore himself is admitting he knows that Voldemort cursed the DADA teacher job. This means he knew about the curse when he assigned Snape to the job this year. But he never intended Snape to be in the job for longer than a year to begin with, as his plan for Snape to kill him and flee at the end of the year must have already been in place.
When Dumbledore said, "Severus... Please..." he wasn't begging "please don't". What he was really saying was, "Severus, please kill me, as you promised you would."
Way back at the end the first book, when Dumbledore confirms for Harry that Flamel would die now that the philosopher's stone was gone, Dumbledore explained:
"To one as young as you, I'm sure it seems incredible, but to Nicolas and Perenelle, it really is like going to bed after a very, very long day. After all, to the well-organised mind, death is but the next great adventure." (SS/PS pg 297/215)
Does that sound to you like someone who would beg to save his own life?