Will Dumbledore...(spoilers)

Degag

Rise from the dead?

I'd love to see him appear in trhe final book maybe to help harry when he faces voldemort or something like that.... Well thats coming from someone who always wanted to see dumbledore vs. voldemort in the final battle instead of some young pup;)

direbadger

I don't think so. I believe JKR has said something along the lines of "death is irreversible" in several interviews. It seems to be a theme in the books, that magic can't solve everything. And remember Harry talking to Nick the ghost about trying to see Sirius again? He was shot down.


Maybe he'll appear in some sort of ghostly form to advise Harry but I hope not. That would be far too Obi-wan.

Kiith

i think it would be a bit of a cop out, tbh. it would totally remove the emotional factor from his death, and seriously lessen what snape did (be that good or really really bad :rolleyes: ).

but doesnt he now have a portrait in the headmasters office?

odhran

I think that it's extremely unlikely that he will rise from the dead. Should Dumbledore reappear, it would probably because he had never died, a topic which I'm fairly certain has already been extensively discussed here.

Personally I think that he won't come back, although the website www.dumbledoreisnotdead.com does raise some interesting points. I would have to agree that it would ruin the emotional content of the last book. Also, it seems to me that the first six books have been nothing more than a series of tests that Harry has to overcome before he is ready to face Voldemort. If Dumbledore comes back to do it for Harry, it would make all of Harry's preparation irrelevant.

quazzy

Perhaps Dumbledore will appear in the Headmasters office along with all the previous Headmasters - in Painting Form.

It's just a thought....

Scarinae

I thought he already had appeared in painting form? He was asleep though so he didn't say anything

Faith

Jk said she killed off everyone Harry loved because she wanted him to go it alone. So maybe they'll reappear at some stage, but I'd say it would be towards the end.

quazzy

Fishie wrote:

I thought he already had appeared in painting form? He was asleep though so he didn't say anything

better go back and read the last few chapters again

Scarinae

quazzy wrote:

better go back and read the last few chapters again

Why, did I get it wrong? I've lost the book anyway so I can't read it again!

Gator

I can tell you now dumbledore will be back, id put money on it, she would not have gone into so much info on horcrux's, he has bits of his soul around I bet ya;)

Faith

Dumbledore wouldn't create Horcruxes! They're the most evil thing a wizard can do. There's absolutely no way. If he's not dead, it has nothing to do with having created horcruxes.

quazzy

Fishie wrote:

Why, did I get it wrong? I've lost the book anyway so I can't read it again!

No, I meant that I better go back and read the last few chapters. I'm not sure if he did appear in the paintings or not.

Faith

He did. He was "Snoozing peacefully".

odhran

Indeed he was! And I have to agree- no way would Dumbldore create a horcrux- it involves taking a human life and it's obvious from reading the books that Dumbledore doesn't believe in that.