31 July 2006

Oasis for Dumbledore

One of the many joys for Cathy on her recent visit to York was learning about "Dumbledore is not dead". See her posting on Oasis for the details, and please leave a comment over there if you have any theories to add yourself.

My fellow JKR fans will know that I do not believe Dumbledore can be dead; my view is that Harry has to think that Dumbledore is dead so that Voldemort (who shares part of Harry's mind) is convinced of it. Thus in book 7, Dumbledore will be able to prepare for the final confrontation unimpeded, and also (maybe) help Harry in the quest to destroy the horocruxes. I also don't believe for a minute that Harry is going to die in book 7. I am, however, prepared to concede that the death of my favourite character (book 5) is real, as absolutely everyone else in the world tells me with great assurance that it is, though I do have a sneaking hope that the veil was not the end for him.

But enough, please read Cathy's post at Oasis.

(I am now going to have fun with these categories, having now realised the difference between categories and tags after a lesson from the deblog, and having switched on "advanced" display options --- I think my fatal error previously was to have kept my options to "basic" as I didn't realise there was an "advanced". It also looks as if "advanced" lets you split long posts into two, music to my fingers!)

31 Jul 2006 14:59:01 | Books

3 Comments

Debra Hamel

Oh oh oh! Speaking of things HP, word is that Daniel Radcliffe is going to be starring in a production of Equus in London, a part which requires that he be naked on stage. I told Rebecca she should pay your daughters to go and surreptitiously snap pictures.

Posted by: Debra Hamel | 31 July 2006 at 16:47

Debra Hamel

Okay, I'm now trying out cocomment for the first time, as opposed to co.comment.

Posted by: Debra Hamel | 31 July 2006 at 17:01

Maxine

Yes indeed, Debra, I am so ancient that I saw Peter Firth in that role in the original stage production. My girls and cousins are unimpressed as they say Daniel can't act. Cruelty of youth! They are fans of the books rather than the movies I have to say, though they have enjoyed the movies.

Posted by: Maxine | 31 July 2006 at 18:09

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