Quote (Deagol @ Wed, Feb 14 2007, 08:42pm)
Here is my reasoning for thinking Dumbledore is still alive.
In all the books, when someone is killed by the Avada Kedavra curse, they simply just drop dead.
At the beginning of Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince, Professor Slughorn had them make a potion called the "Draught of Living Death", it makes the drinker fall asleep but appear dead.
Remember 1/2 way through the book, Hagrid tells Harry he overheard Dumbledore and Snape fighting about something and Dumbledore telling Snape he had to promise that he would do it, whatever they were going to do.
Towards the end of the book when Snape performs the Avada Kedavra curse on Dumbledore, Dumbledore just doesnt drop dead, he is blasted backwards and out of the tower. Later on when Harry and Hagrid approach Dumbledores dead body, Harry says to himself that Dumbledore looked more like he was sleeping. Also, after Draco took Dumbledores wand, it was no where to be found afterwards.
At the funeral for Dumbledore, no one saw his body, just of what Harry knew was his body. And when the tomb burst into flames, Harry thought to himself he saw a Phoenix disappear into the air.. Phoenix's can transport people.
Just my 2 cents on how I think Dumbledore is still alive, yes, im a nerd.
You know I read the book several times, and I didn't once come across this reasoning. You sir are very sharp.