Dumbledore Is Alive II

Written by Redwall_hp
'Jo came down to the set at one point and I said, "Oh hello, why are you here today?" And she said, "Oh I just needed a break from the book - Dumbledore's giving me a lot of trouble." And I said, "But isn't he dead?" And she said, "Well, yeah, but it's more complex ..." I was like, [briskly] "OK, I'm not gonna ask anything else!"'

Back in 2006, this exchange took place between Dan Radcliffe and J.K. Rowling.

What does it mean? It means Dumbledore isn't dead! "What?! But JKR said he," you may say. Here's something you should be aware of: JKR has no obligation to tell the truth about something as important to the storyline as that. It's very likely that she had to say that to end the hugely overblown speculation on the topic. Otherwise she would have given the answer away while being bombarded with questions on the topic.

How is that little quote enough evidence to say that? This is not some flashback, memory, portrait, or other means of interaction with Dumbledore. If he's "giving her trouble" as she put it, he has to be in the book. If he was giving her enough trouble that she had to leave the city to get away from Dumbledore, clearly he has to have a major part in the book. She had to leave the city she lives in, does that sound like a flashback or memory to you?

There's also the little problem of Harry still being untrained in everything he needs to do. Dumbledore basically told him about the horcruxes, but not the information he needs to obtain and destroy them. Do you think Harry could've went through the "Horcrux Cave" in book 6 without Dumbledore's help? Heck no!

There are two options that describe what's going on:

  1. JKR had to lie about Dumbledore being dead so she wouldn't give anything away.
  2. JKR was planning to have Dumbledore dead, but she was forced to put him back in to help Harry.

Take your pick, I've got to go.