Exactly why I am certain that DD is really dead, as dead as Python's parrot.He's not pretending, he's not just dead for the time being. He's dead, and as JKR has said "Dead is dead, even in the wizarding world."
Good morning grellis!
In the first book Snape talks about a potion called the living death-do you think he could've whipped up a batch for Dumbledore?
JKR sure knows how to keep us busy while we await the final book-please not two years, please not two years, please not two years.