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I do think that D is dead, but that we haven't seen the last of him. Wolfram makes good arguments - on both sides - but the portrait is the clincher for me.
In this book, I was actually starting to feel sorry for Draco; I do think we may see a change of heart on his part, although I don't think he'll ever get to the point of
liking
HP. Ew. Now I'm getting a picture of the two of them buddies, and it's kind of creepy.
I have a hard time believing that D would have been set up to so vehemently make such a serious mistake as getting Snape wrong. I think I spy the mother of all plot twists in our future. I also fear that the next book may have to be 1500 pages long to tie things up satisfactorily. But I'll still get through it in a day and a half.
JKR did say in her Mugglenet/Leaky Cauldron interview that, after Book 7 is finished, she is considering doing an encyclopedia of the HPverse, so she can fill in all the interesting backstory and details on everyone, no matter how minor.
the portrait is the clincher for me.
True, but the portrait wasn't moving, was it?
Yeah, but it seems only fair for him to get a brief rest period, what with being killed and all.
I have a hard time believing DD is alive, although it is possible.
JKR spent too much ink hammering it in that he'd dead, dead, dead. It would be too much of a cheat for him to be alive (though I can see him making a cameo appearance as a ghost or a talking portrait.)
Yeah, but it seems only fair for him to get a brief rest period, what with being killed and all.
"Dumbledore, you've just been blasted off the roof and into the afterlife by an Unspeakable Curse! What are you going to do next?" "I'm going to Disney World!"
Hey, the Monks downstairs apparently have quite the wine supply. I'd think that'd do in a pinch.
non-dead people move in pictures
I think dumbledore is dead, but I think there are legitimate reasons for him to be alive -- the helpfulness of going undercover, the silent curses, the incessant phoenix imagery, flying from the killing, curse, the offer to fake draco's death...
