Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince-SPOILERS!!!!

[DragonMan Ren]

It's not too late, there still one book to come.

I'm still convinced that he has. A spontaneous phoenix-shaped funeral pyre that leaves no body? Come on, now. I'm amazed that at least half the cast didn't immediately assume a shrewd, knowing look, and spend the rest of the day with a smirk.

 

[The Druid Merlin]

had a werewolf that liked to eat people when untransformed;

He doesn't eat his victoms. He tries to transform them. That's why he targets children. He wants to spread lycanthropy throughout the world.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

He doesn't eat his victoms. He tries to transform them. That's why he targets children. He wants to spread lycanthropy throughout the world.

Hmmmmmm..... I got the impression that he ate the children. Now, I'll have to re-read the book to be sure.

 

[JimAde]

No doubt. I've been debating this point privately for about a week. The Unbreakable Vow technically just binds Snape to protect Malfoy, and if he can't do it, kill Dumbledore - which he's done, making his cover with the Death Eaters ironclad. Technically, he's done exactly that. However, even if it wasn't part of Dumbledore's long-term plans already, it would certainly appear to fit now. And yes, if you look at the subtleties, Dumbledore clearly went to great lengths to ensure that the assassination took place.

Actually, this is something that's been bugging me about the online discussions. Does it actually say in the book that Malfoy's "task" (that Snape vowed to complete if Malfoy couldn't) was actually killing Dumbledore? What if it was just getting the cabinet repaired and letting the Death Eaters in? If that were the case, Snape could conspire with Dumbledore to fake his death without breaking his Unbreakable Vow.

 

[The Halfling]

Another thought...

I just remember something from OotP...pheonixes cannot be permenantly killed by a Killing Curse. Voldy cast one at Dumbledore during the Minisitry Mayhem, and Fawlkes swooped in and took the spell. It did "kill" Fawlkes, but he just reverted to his after-death form.

Just something else to ponder...

 

[DragonMan Ren]

Actually, this is something that's been bugging me about the online discussions. Does it actually say in the book that Malfoy's "task" (that Snape vowed to complete if Malfoy couldn't) was actually killing Dumbledore? What if it was just getting the cabinet repaired and letting the Death Eaters in? If that were the case, Snape could conspire with Dumbledore to fake his death without breaking his Unbreakable Vow.

Actually, Snape knew about the Dumbledore-killing part. What he didn't know was how Malfoy went about doing it. That's why he was bugging Malfoy to share his plan, despite already knowing Malfoy's orders, so he could swear an Unbreakable Vow to carry them out. There was no faking the death. Dumbledore died. He just returns to life via phoenix-oriented magic. If anyone else has an idea why Dumbledore's body spontaneously erupts in flames, which produces a flying phoenix image, and then leaves no body, I'd love to hear it.

I just remember something from OotP...pheonixes cannot be permenantly killed by a Killing Curse. Voldy cast one at Dumbledore during the Minisitry Mayhem, and Fawlkes swooped in and took the spell. It did "kill" Fawlkes, but he just reverted to his after-death form.

Just something else to ponder...

Well, yeah. The Avada KaPlotDevice spell kills things. The phoenixes come back to life after they die. That's what they do.

 

[Bihor]

So IF Snape is onder covert as a eath eater and playing for Dumbledore, the avaca.. evil spell should't work. It was said in OotP that you need to what to eart you target.

Just a tough

 

[DragonMan Ren]

So IF Snape is onder covert as a eath eater and playing for Dumbledore, the avaca.. evil spell should't work. It was said in OotP that you need to what to eart you target.

Just a tough

That wasn't the Avada Kedarva. That was the Cruciatus Curse. I'm assuming that you're trying to say that you need to hate the target to use it. However, I'm assuming that you can just be a vicious, hate-filled person in general and use it. Otherwise, it'd be a pretty useless spell. What's more, it's pretty specific to that spell. There are endless examples of non-hate-filled Dark spell use in the series.

 

[Fast Learner]

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[Barendd Nobeard]

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