My bet is that Dumbledore will return only as his portrait, in which case he will be able to help in only a limited capacity, since I doubt that Harry will be allowed into the headmaster's office as often under the new headmaster (whoever it may be) as he was allowed into it when Dumbledore was there.
I too don't want Dumbledore or Sirius to return to life. That was the one thing I despised about Star Trek, that it copped out on this point by allowing Spock to return to life.
Interestingly, I see Dumbledore's death as more 'necessary' to the story than Sirius' was. Killing off Sirius seemed to be to be more of a coming of age experience, whereas Dumbledore's death serves the dramatic purpose of moving the hero from apprenticeship into full (we hope) maturity to enable him to fight his enemy.
I suspect that another death will happen in Book #7, aside from Voldemort's--and that is Snape's. I don't see how Snape can get through that book without having to sacrifice himself in some way. It is the only way short of showing up with Fawkes that he can ever rebuild his reputation with the Order, and if he truly is Dumbledore's man, then I think he and/or Dumbledore would want it to be made known, somehow. I'll look forward to seeing what happens.
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Date: 2005-07-27 08:38 pm (UTC)I too don't want Dumbledore or Sirius to return to life. That was the one thing I despised about Star Trek, that it copped out on this point by allowing Spock to return to life.
Interestingly, I see Dumbledore's death as more 'necessary' to the story than Sirius' was. Killing off Sirius seemed to be to be more of a coming of age experience, whereas Dumbledore's death serves the dramatic purpose of moving the hero from apprenticeship into full (we hope) maturity to enable him to fight his enemy.
I suspect that another death will happen in Book #7, aside from Voldemort's--and that is Snape's. I don't see how Snape can get through that book without having to sacrifice himself in some way. It is the only way short of showing up with Fawkes that he can ever rebuild his reputation with the Order, and if he truly is Dumbledore's man, then I think he and/or Dumbledore would want it to be made known, somehow. I'll look forward to seeing what happens.
Chantal