such sadness and the death of someone loved so much by so many.... Dumbledore was and always will be my favorite from the book. I just can't beleive that Harry had yet again someone he loved so dearly ripped from his life like that.. I am hoping that JK makes it all right in book 7, and that we all understand what in the world she was thinking when she killed Dumbledore off.
Rest is Peace Proffesor... Rest in Peace

Until I read the forums, I was heartbroken that Snape could have done this, but now it makes more sense. Lets say Snape hadn't stepped in- after all, he was never asked to. It seems pretty clear that Malfoy couldn't have finished off Dumbledore because the killing curse requires great power (perhap Malfoy has this) and also the desire to kill. So the other Death Eaters are trying to get him to do it, he can't, and he ends up being killed because he is therefore of no use to Voldemort... and Snape has failed to protect him. In killing Dumbledore, Snape was saving Malfoy (not that he deserves it, tears or not).
But I swear, Snivellus, if our paths cross again, so much the worse for you :-)

I've been crying since i found out what happened! I kind of figured it would happen when he'd gotten hurt so i didn't come as that much of a shock but I just cannot believe that it happened how it did! I mean this entire series she's been telling us to trust him trust him and yet she contradicting herself in making him mean to Harry and not the D.A.D.A teacher.. so i was trying to be optimistic! After Sirius dieing I feel really bad Harry now..

I've been crying since i found out what happened! I kind of figured it would happen when he'd gotten hurt so i didn't come as that much of a shock but I just cannot believe that it happened how it did! I mean this entire series she's been telling us to trust him trust him and yet she contradicting herself in making him mean to Harry and not the D.A.D.A teacher.. so i was trying to be optimistic! After Sirius dieing too I feel really bad Harry now..

I have been thinking about this subject for a really long time....I mean Dumbledore just DIED! What is there left? He needed to be there for Harry, and now he is alone! I am trying to think of what the 7th book is going to be like, and I just see a lot of death.

I am sort of angry at JK, just because of the way she builds up a character, then kills them at the end. Goblet of Fire, builds up Cedric to be some handsome young man, then he dies. Sirius, fully living up to being Harry's Godfather is pushed into the veil(which I think is good, but now Harry might be able to contacted him. Remember Luna saying she could hear the voices?). Then, Dumbledore becoming Harry's mentor throughout HBP, saying things like "I am not afraid, I am with you." And things of that sort, then *POOF* he's gone too. WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO MALFOY? Is Voldemort going to get to him becaue he didn't kill Dumbledore? Wow....My brain is going to explode from grief, sadness, confusion, anger, and rage.

And does anyone know the signifigance of Aragog dying?

Wow....I really do need to see a therapist....

Oh man, why did it have to be like this? I hate Snape, I hate him, I hate him I hate him!!!!!!! I can't understand why Dumbledore trusted him so much, I never trusted him for a second!

When Dumbledore pleaded to Snape, I burst into tears.. and poor Harry just standing there and not being able to do anything!!!! Oh, if I could just get my hands on that Snivellus...

I can't say I'm shocked, Dumbledore topped my likely-death-list, but I'm still very sad about it. I think Harry will be able to handle himself just fine now... I think now I'm most concerned about not getting answers to questions we have. I don't think JKR would leave reader's hanging, but Dumbledore is the most knowledgable person in the series and I'm going to miss having his feedback at the end of each book.

As for Snape killing him... initally I was seething, but I'm starting to see that there's possibly another side to it. JKR is one tricky devil.

i really think that dumbledore was not begging for his life in those last few seconds; he had to of been begging for severus to kill him! i cannot imagine the powerful dumbledore of the first five books begging for his life. his death must of served some greater purpose, such as making it possible for snape to continue to spy on voldemort, and possibly come back in the last book to help harry. i really want harry to come back to hogwarts next term, and not leave as he told ron and hermione. the last book would not be the same without hogwarts.

I cried solid floods throughout the last 50-or-so pages and even more afterwards- I just couldn't bear it. Despite all the rumours beforehand, and then the hints throughout the book, I just couldn't face believing that Dumbledore was going to die. And then he did and I suddenly realised he powerful JK Rowling's writing and characters are; and how real. I know it sounds like I'm going a bit far saying this, because of course my grief over Dumbledore is absolutely nothing compared to real grief over a real friend or family member... but I really felt and still feel as though I've lost someone. I met Dumbledore when I was seven years old, and I've grown older with him (though admittedly I'm nowhere near his age - you know what I mean). What i' trying to say in a clumsy way is that I'll miss Dumbledore - I don't blame JK for doing what had to be done (though I did think it would happen in the seventh book, not earlier) but I'll miss him... I think we all will.

Rest in Peace, Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore... he also has alot of titles, the most revered of all to him that he was and still is and always will be on the Chocolate Frog Cards.

I have never cried so much over a book. And i thought HP5 was really sad! I cried the last 3 chapters or so! I just began to think Dumbledore was kind of immortal, you know? I think it made it worse because Snape killed him. Someone you began to trust.

I'm seriously mental. All over a book! I' ve been depressed all day

I think you are a little bit in denial

*cries* can't believe Dumbledore died!

(I cried throughout the last 4 chapters)

I saw Bones and VAnce in the first few chapters, knew immediately who that was... Wasn't too upset over that. Stan Shunpike being arrested was laughable. Dumbledore's death... Snape killing him blew me away... the way he looked at Dumbledore before killing him... he was never the person he pretended to be.

i was crying when dumbledore died, and i hate snape now more than ever! he was growing on me....

but i think his death will make harry stronger

Something I found odd was when Dumbledore froze Harry. He could have possibly dissarmed Draco instead, or just left Harry able to help. He admitted to have known about Draco's plan. I think Dumbledore knew he needed to die. Also, will Harry actually be able to talk to Dumbledore's portrait like he used to talk to Dumbledore? Or is the portrait somehow different?

Dumbledore knew that Harry would've probably died if Draco'd seen him; Harry had maliciously attacked Draco in the bathroom, remember? Draco would be looking for revenge. I would think that Harry could talk to him, but I don't think he's as useful as a portrait, in the sense that he will be able to talk to harry but not physically help him at all. Like with the Pensieve and stuff, and finding the Horcruxes. I'm still wondering about Dumbledore's hand...

i am still in total shock! the only reason i ever believed in Snape (god its soo hard to even type its name) was because of Dumbledore. i never in thought Snape could kill him after all he has done for him. i was sure Snape would die to save Dumbledore.... i am so so so angry at him... i wanna hunt him down and kill him myself!!


What is Harry going to do without Dumbledore....what are they all gonna do?

Well, life went on after Sirius. Life has to go on after Dumbledore too. But this is weird- JK put in deaths that we didn't expect, ex. Bones and Vance. I hope she doesnt' do that with the seventh book, because i have an inkling that if she does, it'll be someone we love very much...

I Just had a thought....If Dumbledore was the one wizard Voldemort feared, now that he is gone, Voldemort fears nothing now... Making me worried for Harry!

J.K. Rowling didn't mean for them to be childrens books, that was the publishers choice.... J.K. Rowling has said several times that she wrote/writes what she'd like to read.

I just though of something... Snape was/is good at Legmensi 8I can't remember how it's spelled... but "mind reading") so the "please" from Dumbledore may not be all that was said between the two...

I cried the last 2 1/2 chapters. I knew that Dumbledore was going to die before the books ended. But I really thought it would be in book 7 protecting Harry. Not that he didn't die protecting Harry, but I had thought it would be in the final confrotation with Voldermort. Not this way. But must say was not suprised in the least that Snape was the one to kill him. Never thought that Draco had it in him. Draco is more of a Bully and pompus jerk than a killer.

I was hoping for Amelia Bones to be the next Minister of Magic and was not happy that the Death Eaters Killed her. Of course that just might be why they killed her. And poor Ms. Vance. She was after all a Member of the Order.

Aarogog, well really how long can spiders live? He had a pretty good life with Hagrid. 50+ Years.

All the other people that were killed by Death Eaters I was not shoked about. After all they are now in a war. There will be casulties. Just glad that Mrs. Weasley has not lost any one yet this time around. After all her son is one of Harry Potters best friends.

Dumbledore gone? That should have definantly been saved for Book 7. Where it'd be there last year at Hogwarts anyway. I don't know if Hogwarts is going to continue, but it has too. I mean a Potter book without Hogwarts? And then the whole thing about Harry not returning even if it did re-open. How Harry will live without Dumbledore for protection...

I had this wierd feeling that Dumbledore was going to die. I mean its something I was totally expecting, yet when it came I couldn't believe it. I told everyone in borders that I thought it would be him and no one believed me.

I literally had to put the book down and I couldn't reopen it for an hour to finish it after he died. I just sat there staring at the book crying.