Yeah that may really be correct since all along Snape has been portrayed as a bad person because that is what Harry thinks. However, it would make sense that he really isnt then. Good point.

Snape is bad! I thought at first he's not because he helped out Harry with occlumency in book 5 and that he's only bad to Harry because of his anger to James Potter but now I think he really is a villain. Now that Dumbledore is dead I'm not sure who Harry's father figure would be, maybe Lupin, maybe even Snape after he redeemed himself.

There is a whole website about the "Dumbledore-Snape conflict" where someone trys to proof that snape is innocent and has looked on every detail in the books.

Here is the link: http://www.dumbledoreisnotdead.com

Darn, I was going to give the same link. But I did enjoy reading it, and I knew all along that Snape was always innocent. After all, he just *likes* to torture Harry... Snape is my favorite character!

Yeah, I find it hard to believe that Snape would be fully bad working for Voldemort. I have a feeling though, Harry will probably chase him down and kill him, but find out he was good too late.

Wow. Thanks for this link, it's bringing up so many possiblities. I'm in the middle of reading the article " Dumbledore's Horcrux" and I just let out a loud "Ahaaaa!"

I thought I had a pretty good idea of what was going to happen, I think I was on the right path, but this is a great twist that i hadn't thought about. I really hope that the topic of this article is the case.

I've read about how people want Harry's parents to come back to life but I don't believe that should happen. Dumbledore, though.. it's all starting to make sense.

Do you think it's possible that none of the theories that have been presented are actually going to happen and we will all be surprised? It has to be something like the thoughts on this website.

ive been to the link above...and read it before..even before i saw that site i had that thought in my mind because on the site it says *not exactly* With the normal killing curse the person would just drop dead on wherever they are.. but when snape did it dumbledore flew into the air over the side of the astronomy tower..and then fell... that was the only thing i had in my mind, i didn't even think of the rest of the stuff but it was good when i read it.. ermm, but i do not believe that he is acculy dead..with the fact of the differenses in the curses, but rowling has supprised us before with the fact that as long as those who believe in him he will never be gone, and..another thing is fawks..as soon as dumbledores died he came soaring around the school singing, maybe it is a side of the Pheonix's that we do not know about... there could be MANY things leading people to believe that he is dead, or that he isn't dead..but i personally believe that he is not acculy dead but just call me crazy

(i am going to start reading the books over again for the erm like 11th time now hehe)

as for snape..i dun really care who's side he is on....he is good in my book >_< i love the curses that he came up with hehe

I think Snape is good. as I may have said somewhere before here, I believe that Dumbledore was actually dead/dying for the entire book 6, as seen in his decaying hand. Snape was keeping him alive with the potion that he explained in his first class of the first book. This Fawkes is a horcrux theory sort of explains why Dumbledore had Snape 'kill him' at the time that he did, he's still got a lot to tell Harry.

This topic contains some great opinions and material, thanks for all the people who posted here.

I'm a Harry Potter fan myself as well, and I think Dumbledore (Never read the book in english so all the names are new ^^, I should read it in english once tho..) isn't dead, and Snape isnt evil either. I'm affraid we need to wait for the new HP book to come out so we can all get relieved.