Wild Speculation on Year 7(HBP SPOILERS)

McGonagle will have to give up her teaching post so she can concentrate on her new duties as Head Mistress.
McGonagle is/was the Transfiguration teacher.
Dumbledore taught Transfiguration before becoming Head Master.
IF Dumbledore is alive(as I believe he is) what better way to keep an eye on Harry than to teach his old subject???

I think it's more than coincidence that JKR mentioned in CoS that Dumbledore was the Transfiguration teacher before becoming the Headmaster.

I'm probably wrong but I strongly believe that whoever is teaching transfiguration in Book 7 will be Dumbledore in disguise(poly-juice or some spell or Dumbledore is a meta-morphmagis).

Clues: Riddle's mention that "the transfiguration teacher Dumbledore never trusted me..."

Tonks' stating in OotP that "meta-morphmagi are born not made, you have to use a spell or potion to change your appearence"(paraphrase I know).

The numerous mentions of Poly-juice potion and changing physical appearence throughout all of the books since CoS

The odd coincidence that McGonagle and Albus Dumbledore are/were both Transfiguration teachers becoming becoming head of the school.

Comments?

Originally posted by andyb44
McGonagle will have to give up her teaching post so she can concentrate on her new duties as Head Mistress.
McGonagle is/was the Transfiguration teacher.
Dumbledore taught Transfiguration before becoming Head Master.
IF Dumbledore is alive(as I believe he is) what better way to keep an eye on Harry than to teach his old subject???

I think it's more than coincidence that JKR mentioned in CoS that Dumbledore was the Transfiguration teacher before becoming the Headmaster.

I'm probably wrong but I strongly believe that whoever is teaching transfiguration in Book 7 will be Dumbledore in disguise(poly-juice or some spell or Dumbledore is a meta-morphmagis).

Clues: Riddle's mention that "the transfiguration teacher Dumbledore never trusted me..."

Tonks' stating in OotP that "meta-morphmagi are born not made, you have to use a spell or potion to change your appearence"(paraphrase I know).

The numerous mentions of Poly-juice potion and changing physical appearence throughout all of the books since CoS

The odd coincidence that McGonagle and Albus Dumbledore are/were both Transfiguration teachers becoming becoming head of the school.

Comments?

And I dunno. I kinda like the idea of DD being dead, and I highly doubt DD is a meta-morphmagis. And the polyjuice potion theory does seem interesting.

I think it's a good theory but it's unlikely to happen. After all, Remus Lupin does say they would close the school down
('Lupin said they would,' said Ron) 🙂

Hm.. interesting, but if DD is back and if he uses polyjoice, then I think he will come back as DADA teacher, who can do the job better then him, he was after all the greatest wizard of our time. ....
But, unfortunaelly, I don't think that this will happen, I'm afraid that was everything that we heard from Albus Dumbledore, he is simply dead, unfortunatelly

Hmm alas I have to think on these lol

Originally posted by Unicor777
Hm.. interesting, but if DD is back and if he uses polyjoice, then I think he will come back as DADA teacher, who can do the job better then him, he was after all the greatest wizard of our time. ....
But, unfortunaelly, I don't think that this will happen, I'm afraid that was everything that we heard from Albus Dumbledore, he is simply dead, unfortunatelly

Originally posted by andyb44
McGonagle will have to give up her teaching post so she can concentrate on her new duties as Head Mistress.
McGonagle is/was the Transfiguration teacher.
Dumbledore taught Transfiguration before becoming Head Master.
IF Dumbledore is alive(as I believe he is) what better way to keep an eye on Harry than to teach his old subject???

I think it's more than coincidence that JKR mentioned in CoS that Dumbledore was the Transfiguration teacher before becoming the Headmaster.

I'm probably wrong but I strongly believe that whoever is teaching transfiguration in Book 7 will be Dumbledore in disguise(poly-juice or some spell or Dumbledore is a meta-morphmagis).

Clues: Riddle's mention that "the transfiguration teacher Dumbledore never trusted me..."

Tonks' stating in OotP that "meta-morphmagi are born not made, you have to use a spell or potion to change your appearence"(paraphrase I know).

The numerous mentions of Poly-juice potion and changing physical appearence throughout all of the books since CoS

The odd coincidence that McGonagle and Albus Dumbledore are/were both Transfiguration teachers becoming becoming head of the school.

Comments?

i thought harry wasent going back to hogwarts.

Originally posted by andyb44
Only thing tho, is Dumbledore HATES the Dark Arts! He would never become the DADA teacher. That's why I think that IF he is alive he will replace McGonagle as Transfigurations teacher.

Yep, he hates Dark aRts thats why he is the best in defence against DA

i think your all going on lost hope...i think the only time we will be seeing Dumbledore...is in a portrait in an office...

I pretty sure Dumbledore will come back, or at least there will be some grand plan he has already set in motion which his "death" was part of........

I also think Snape's still a good guy..............

I don't agree with everything stated on this site but it raises some interesting points on the subject.....................

www.dumbledoreisnotdead.com

All very interesting theories 🙂
I hope this book comes out soon!

in a year time if we are lacky

yea like snape found dumby and the other dumby was actually a deatheater using polijuice potion

does it state in the book that anyone looks or sees dumbledore after he has died, whilst Harry is chasing Snape?

I think that Dumbledore knew there was no real Horcrux and planted the potian he drank there. He knew the cave defences very well and the potion could have been the drought of living death. Dumbledore could have planned all this out to every minor detail.

Perhaps he knew that the potion wasn't dangerous because he planted it there himself!

Originally posted by HPFAN1992
does it state in the book that anyone looks or sees dumbledore after he has died, whilst Harry is chasing Snape?

That's a good point. I checked the books and the Dumbledore's body is only seen by Harry and several people including Hagrid, after his "death". Harry finds his body at the foot of the tower and cries over it befor going to the hospital wing. After this we know that Fawkes (who just hapens to have healing powers) cries over the grounds. After this we never see Dumbledore's body again, not even at the funeral where its covered up in a cloth.

Originally posted by HPFAN1992
I think that Dumbledore knew there was no real Horcrux and planted the potian he drank there. He knew the cave defences very well and the potion could have been the drought of living death. Dumbledore could have planned all this out to every minor detail.

Perhaps he knew that the potion wasn't dangerous because he planted it there himself!

I have heard this theory on this website as well 🙂

http://www.dumbledoreisnotdead.com/dumbledoreclues.html

When fawkes was singing he could have been crying and restoring Dumbledore to full health? He could have brought Dumbledore back and healed his arm!

Does anyone think that ALL the Hogwarts heads have been transfiguration teachers? Could this be a clue to some part of the plot in Book 7?

Comments Please - ...

thats site is realy good most people that want to defend the case that dumbledore aint dead should go there and look at it but hey who noes mabey he is we will have to find out it comes out next yer 07/07/07 lol what a day to come out on

Originally posted by HPFAN1992
does it state in the book that anyone looks or sees dumbledore after he has died, whilst Harry is chasing Snape?

I think that Dumbledore knew there was no real Horcrux and planted the potian he drank there. He knew the cave defences very well and the potion could have been the drought of living death. Dumbledore could have planned all this out to every minor detail.

Perhaps he knew that the potion wasn't dangerous because he planted it there himself!

That would make sense 😖hifty: , but i think Dumbeldore really is dead 🙁 , he was so old 😖 , i think the whole funeral, with the centaurs, and the merpeople, and Fawkes was just so much, i could hardly see Jo making Dumbeldores death up, the whole thing was just so... final.

I think that Dumbledore is dead. I agree about the funeral being too final, too serious for Jo to not be serious. And while we're speculating about Book 7....

I do believe that Snape was meant to kill Dumbledore, and Dumbledore wanted him too. Remember the conversation in the forest that Hagrid overheard? Dumbledore was saying that Snape had promised to do something, and Snape was questioning it, thinking that Dumbledore was "assuming too much." I think Dumbledore knew that his death was part of the greater scheme of things, and perhaps would be the cause of something good. I just know that Dumbledore would not have let Draco's plans go through unchallenged if there weren't a reason Dumbledore should die. DUmbledore made it very clear at the end of HBP that he knew what Draco was doing all along, and he knew about Snape's Unbreakable Vow. Yet he allowed both people to be in the castle.
Also, I know that Snape is trustworthy. Rowling said that Dumbledore was never very far wide of the mark, and I believe that if Snape was not trustworthy she would not have said this. That would be an assumption very far wide of the mark; to falsely trust your own killer! I believe he knew Snape would end up killing him, and had planned it that way from the beginning.

About Harry being a Horcrux, or his scar being a Horcrux...Based on what JK has said, that Dumbledore is never very far from the truth, his scar really is just that; a scar from the killing curse. I know everyone says "It doesn't leave a marK!" But Dumbledore said in response to that that the killing curse does not usually leave a mark, however the exception is "sitting before me." Harry was, of course, sitting before Dumbledore. Also, the six horcruxes, and Voldemort's soul in his body, are pretty well known. I do not think Dumbledore's guesses were wrong, but he was vague about a relic of Ravenclaw's or Griffindor's. Some say that Harry is a relic of Griffindor, but I think not. He may be related (ie Godric's Hollow) but the idea of putting a Horcrux in Harry presents too many obstacles: "Can a person be killed, then imparted with a Horcrux? Wouldn't killing Harry destroy the soul piece by causing it to flee Harry's body (which is exactly what the Killing Curse does)? It was "mortally painful" for Voldemort to enter Harry's mind, even with Harry's blood. So how would his soul survive being imparted onto Harry?

Anyways, I'm rambling, tell me what you think. And please, challenge it if you have evidence.

Also, why Dumbledore is dead: Harry makes a speciffic comment that the Petrificus totalus spell wore off the moment Dumbledore died. This makes it clear that Dumbledore really did die. However, it does not oppose the theory that his death was planned.