<p>^^^^ truth....Harry's done for after 2007</p>
<p>MA: R.A.B.</p>
<p>JKR: Ohhh, good.</p>
<p>[All laugh.]</p>
<p>JKR: No, I'm glad! Yes?</p>
<p>MA: Can we figure out who he is, from what we know so far?</p>
<p>[Note: JKR has adopted slightly evil look here]</p>
<p>JKR: Do you have a theory?</p>
<p>MA: We've come up with Regulus Black.</p>
<p>JKR: Have you now?</p>
<p>MA: Uh-oh.</p>
<p>[Laughter.]</p>
<p>JKR: Well, I think that would be, um, a fine guess.</p>
<p>MA: And perhaps, being Siriuss brother, he had another mirror </p>
<p>JKR: [drums fingers on soda can] </p>
<p>MA: Does he have the other mirror, or Siriuss mirror </p>
<p>JKR: I have no comment at all on that mirror. That mirror is not on the table. [Laughter from all; Jo's is maniacal.]</p>
<p>MA: Let the record note that she has drummed her fingers on her Coke can in a very Mr. Burns-like way.</p>
<p>[Laughter.]</p>
<p>JKR: Oh, I love Mr. Burns.</p>
<p>...</p>
<p>MA: Is there more we should ask about him?</p>
<p>JKR: There are things you will deduce on further readings, I think well you two definitely will, for sure that, yeah, I was really hoping that R.A.B. would come out. </p>
<p>MA: Forgive me if I'm remembering incorrectly, but was Regulus the one who was murdered by Voldemort </p>
<p>JKR: Well Sirius said he wouldn't have been because he wasn't important enough, remember?</p>
<p>MA: But that doesnt have to be true, if [R.A.B.] is writing Voldemort a personal note.</p>
<p>JKR: That doesn't necessarily show that Voldemort killed him, personally, but Sirius himself suspected that Regulus got in a little too deep. Like Draco. He was attracted to it, but the reality of what it meant was way too much to handle.</p>
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<p>ES: Was Dumbledore planning to die?</p>
<p>JKR: [Pause.] Do you think that's going to be the big theory?</p>
<p>MA & ES: Yes. Itll be a big theory.</p>
<p>JKR: [Pause.] Well, I don't want to shoot that one down. [A little laughter.] I have to give people hope.</p>
<hr>
<p>Come on, DD is obviously alive. She wouldn't give readers false hope...</p>
<p>What think you all?</p>
<p>Hmmm...Well, when I read it, I thought her tone made it sound like it was EXTREMELY likely that R.A.B. is Regulus Black. I think she meant for people to figure it out. On the other hand, I think things don't sound very good for Dumbledore and Snape. Unless she was completely trying to hide the truth, she sounded as though the only reason she didn't shoot the "Dumbledore planned his death" theory down is because she liked the theory and thought it could be insightful into other areas. I don't think there's much hope, though.</p>
<p>But why would she claim that she wants people to have hope if she only plans to smash it?</p>
<p>what do you mean DD is obviously alive???...i didn't deduce that from reading any of the interview</p>
<p>ES: Was Dumbledore planning to die? (Did he know what would happen?)</p>
<p>JKR: [Pause.] Well, I don't want to shoot that one down. (I don't want to outright say 'no' because it may be true)</p>
<p>[A little laughter.] I have to give people hope. (I don't want my fans to hate me)</p>
<p>Ok maybe not concrete proof but look at my earlier post. There was a ton of phoenix imagery and Harry saw a pheonix when DD went into the tomb... I was assuming an animal-transformation perhaps.</p>
<p>Yea, but if Dumbledore was an animagus, Hermione would have known and said something... remember when she checked the lists for Rita Skeeter? Of course, Dumbledore could have been unregistered, which I guess is possible.... But still, I thought the phoenix flying into the fire was Fawkes.</p>
<p>Maybe. Was Fawkes blue? I remember Harry saying he saw a blue phoenix? I don't quite remember. I think DD could easily go as an unregistered animalshifter.</p>
<p>but if he turned into a pheonix then wouldn't his body not be there? if harry saw him die i don't think theres any way that it could have been fake</p>
<p>I mean when DD's body was put into the White Tomb it was surrounded by light first, and then the White Tomb was there -- but I think DD isn't actually in the tomb, but rather he shifted into a Phoenix and somehow evaded everyone.</p>
<p>Dumbledore shoule pull an Obi-Wan Kenobi.</p>
<p>I mean, as much as I absolutely love Dumbledore and cried when he died, JK said it was necessary so Harry could fend for himself. It would be better for a Book 7 to have Dumbledore as guidance/mentor like Obi-Wan, but not actually being able to physically protect Harry....</p>
<p>from the mugglenet interview
[quote]
You know, that was the last Quidditch match. I knew as I wrote it that it was the last time I was going to be doing a Quidditch match. To be honest with you, Quidditch matches have been the bane of my life in the Harry Potter books. They are necessary in that people expect Harry to play Quidditch, but there is a limit to how many ways you can have them play Quidditch together and for something new to happen.
[/quote]
</p>
<p>tears :( no more quidditch!</p>
<p>Um I think there is no doubt that Dumbledore is done as a person. Rowling left no hint in the interview or book that he was still alive. His portrait, I'm sure, will still be able to guide Harry, but there is no way he is still a physical being.</p>
<p>so does anyone know how long it will be until book 7? a year? two years? more?</p>
<p>2 :(......................</p>
<p>A few thoughts...</p>
<p>In classical mythology the phoenix is a bird that, at the end of an exceptionally long life, flies into a fire of its own making. It is then reborn from its own ashes after three days. Both the phoenix and the lily (Harry's Mum's name) are symbolically tied to Christian Resurrection.</p>
<p>In HP6, there are a number of clues that suggest Dumbledore plotted his own death a year or more in advance. These may indeed turn out to be red herrings, in which case his portraits will be all we get. Given that much time, and combined with the research he was then doing on Voldemort's Horcruxes, it is not impossible that Dumbledore thought to create one of his own. While he would never murder someone else to prolong his own life, he might have been able to use his own death to do so, very much like the phoenix.</p>
<p>Even if Dumbledore does come back, it will probably be imperative that Harry not know about it until after Voldemort is sorted out. In this event, look for Dumbledore in disguise through most of HP7.</p>
<p>For those who favor the "Harry is Voldemort's final Horcrux" theory, perhaps Dumbledore created a Harry Horcrux instead of a Dumbledore Horcrux. That way, Harry can mirror Dumbledore's and Lily's sacrifices and still be brought back at the end. This begs the question, "Would reviving Harry from such an object also revive Voldemort?"</p>
<p>I don't see how having yourself killed can create a Horcrux... it would mean he'd have only half a soul left if the other half in his body is gone since he "died". There'd be no point -- he'd just continue living forever, having his soul chipped away at more and more. If he could do this, then Voldemort would be able to as well, and then NOBODY would die -- just become more and more soulless. </p>
<p>Besides a Horcrux is an uberdark thing and I don't see DD using them.</p>
<p>You're right...it is an uberdark thing because it involves murder, but if he was killing himself, it would be a sacrifice...not so dark.</p>
<p>The theory about the horcrux is that Dumbledore kills himself to split HARRY's soul, giving him a second life. Dumbledore's soul is not being split, so if he dies, he DIES. </p>
<p>From reading that interview, I actually think there's little hope for DD being alive, though I had thought that previously...I mean obviously JK Rowling can't shoot down every false theory, then the truth would be too obvious! So just bc she doesn't shoot it down, doesn't mean it has to be true.</p>
<p>The things I remember HP6 saying about Horcruxes are that they require a murder to create, they involve splitting off part of the soul (which can apparently happen more than once) and that they require an object to contain that part of the soul until it is used to reanimate the person in question. The whole point of the Horcrux is that a person can be brought back to life using just a part of their soul. There could be some generation loss, or perhaps the missing piece grows back. That point is explicitly left in doubt. I imagine there are other required preparations, so perhaps a Horcrux cannot be made unless you can choose the exact place and manner of the death. This, and the likelihood that it takes some serious wizarding chops to pull off, could limit this option to a very small number of people.</p>
<p>Normally, it WOULD be pointless to have yourself killed to create your own Horcrux. Dumbledore's case could be an exception. He certainly seemed willing to die for the cause if that became necessary. If Dumbledore knew how to identify and destroy a Horcrux, it is at least possible that he understood how to create one. While it is certainly a dark side thing, he may have been willing to use the enemy's tools in a desparate situation, particularly so if the Horcrux were Harry's.</p>
<p>i dont think snape is good at all, cuz he used an unforgivable curse and isnt it true that to use that you have to feel true hatred and evil? (harry couldnt use one in book 4 or 5 b/c he wasnt evil or something right?)</p>