a death that never was?

book six was rather short. i'm talking about harry potter and the half blood prince, the sixth novel in j.k. rowling's harry potter series. it's a little frustrating, not because it felt too short, but because.. oh well, maybe you haven't read the book yet. so don't go on reading this post unless you have.

anyway, this is my blog and i can write anything i want... i was frustrated at how easily snape had killed dumbledore. i mean, dumbledore was supposed to be the greatest wizard, was he not? but he didn't really do anything to keep snape from killing him. he merely pleaded for him not to, and that didn't do any good.

do i sound too carried away? anyway, a friend has just offered some theories, like, it was really dumbledore's plan to sacrifice his own life, or something to that effect. how i envy j.k. rowling and all novelists in general. not that i actually want to become i writer. but isn't it wonderful to weave stories and turn it around just like that, probably on a whim?

the story really got me. but it's still inevitable to speculate that dumbledore must have left something similar to a horcrux, if he isn't still alive. looking back, the story was rather fishy. dumbledore had actually paralyzed harry (did he do it to prevent harry from messing up with some plan that he had?) when he could have used a hundred other spells. fawkes, the phoenix, had not come to the rescue even when dumbledore was so obviously in danger. and i'm sure snape's not evil, i'd bet with anyone.

forgive my caffeine-induced rambling. we're having downtime now so i'm blogging. and surfing. and talking. and eating a little.

now, on with my rambling. a constant theme throughout the harry potter books has been the idea that love is a power stronger than evil -- stronger, in fact, than magic. in one of the book's best scenes, dumbledore tells harry, "you are protected by your ability to love." so i'll be looking forward to how harry shall finally vanquish voldemort in the seventh and last book.