Looks like a setup to me...

Background Noise: Finding Neverland
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Random Thought: "... we can hide you more completely than you can possibly imagine." [6, 592]
Mood: time mitigates shock



For Kathy, who just found out Dumbledore bites it at the end of book 6, i offer some suggestions. Reread:

1) Chapter 2: Spinner's End. Pay very close attention to what Snape says, doesn't say, and especially how he paints Harry.
2) Chapter 27: The Lightning-Struck Tower. Pay attention to what Dumbledore says to Draco and to Snape. Also to the action of the Avada Kadavra curse - especially in comparison to it's effects historically.
3) Chapter 28: Flight of the Prince.
4) Now, read the book again knowing how it ends.

Time for some commentary. It's not all perfect, and the list certainly isn't complete, but here's a good start at Book 6 analysis.

Dumbledore is Not Dead
Entertainment Weekly's Summary of the Issue

Editorial Part 1: After the Storm
Editorial Part 2: New Light on the Phrophecy
Editorial: Message from Beyond the Grave

Regulus Black: RAB

Enjoy! Don't worry, amazingly enough once the shock passes you start to understand why it had to happen.

ETA: i'm leaving work now. at the very least i need lunch.

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