dan seems sooo nice. JKR might be reffereing to dumbeldore in his portrait or something. ???????????????? THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME.... I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!

Dumbledore wont be back...cant bring someone back form the dead but I think the pensive is a good idea or memories of some sort or stories from others about dumbledore, perhaps a letter to harry written before his death ( i like this one the most but it doesn't seem like somehting JKR would do but a letter of hidden instructions would be good 4 harry) OH and DAN HOW COULD YOU?! Harry can't die!!!! It would wreck the whole boy hero premise of the entire series to have Harry die. Wat sort of moral is evil previals i ask you???

If he s back it would be something like a mess.I still wonder why they don t use that kind of magical object that Hermione had in the third volume when the can came back in time and change some things.You have an idea? Please tell me. If you wanna see a Harry Potter fan made video about Draco holding a speech entitled ginger kids and aiming to Ron then enter newsfromharrypotter.blogs pot.com. That s what happens when you mix south park and Harry Potter.

Um, don't mean to burst anyone's bubble, but just because Jo said that Dumbledore is giving her a lot of trouble, it doesn't mean that it's Albus Dumbledore giving her a lot of trouble. It could very well be Aberforth. Jo has admitted that the barman at the Hog's Head is Aberforth, but I don't believe she's ever said explicitly that he's important to the plot. He could be just a red herring, or one of many explanations to Albus Dumbledore's omniscience (as Voldemort put it). Now, however, it could mean that Dumbledore (Aberforth) is giving her a lot of trouble. Isn't he [Albus, presumably] dead? "Well, it's a bit more complicated [it's Aberforth, you see..]"

his deeds can be remembered and furthered

JKR is going to se Equus too??! Im soo Jealous now; someone i know is going to see it as well; aren't some Mugglecasters going to see it too? Andrew, Jamie, Ben and i think Melissa John and Sue are going to see it. WAAHHHHHHHHHH I wanna see it!!!

The funniest thing was with the steroids, then the Long and hard. Haha, I love Dan! He's a cornicopia of awesomness. He's like me, he twists things:P

Long and Hard. *giggles*

well we saw that he had a painting in the end of the 6th book. it said he was sleeping inside of his frame. and all the portraits of dead headmasters can still talk and stuff. so maybe hes not really as "dead" as we thought

yay for dumbledore i think he'd probably won't be back she might just mean she's having trouble about maybe what he can say to harry from the picture frame...i wonder if they could get a picture like the one in hogwarts in sirius house since paintings can leave to their other frames it would be convient for harry and i think dans quote is histerical

well OF COURSE dumbledore isnt "gone" i mean Jo cant just kill him off before Harry has to go on a huge quest and then never mention him again. Dan is a silly silly boy =] and for the record he got it right

Well, that just about tells us that he will be there; whether he isn't dead, or thru a photo in the HeadMasters office,( I wonder> could Dumbledore use someone elses picture frame??) like at Grimmauld Place, I'm sure we haven't (seen) heard the last from our fav HeadMaster,,,,

yay for dumbledore! yay for dan! boo for death!

skates- Dan's on steroids? Where the heck did you see that? Anyway, this interview was veeery interesting, especially the part where Dan was talking about how Dumbledore had been giving Jo trouble... Can't wait to see where that leads in the final book.... Could she have meant his portrait or something? No, it has to be something more important than that. Maybe Harry has to learn some more about Dumbledore that will lead him to the Horcrux? Or what if she was really talking about Aberforth, the guy in the Hog's Head? Because she didn't specifically say Albus, though we were led to believe that that was who she was talking about because Dan asked if he was dead.... Okay, now I"m rambling, but hey- that what we fans do!

I am sooo Confused!

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!! Dumbledore "defeated" Grindelwald! Maybe...... ... MAYBE he made a Horcrux?

The mugglecasters are going to have fun with this....

Hmmn. I don't know what to take from this... other than that we're going to see some form of Dumbledore. I wonder what Jo's reaction to his commentary is?

Cute. :)

Okay, dobby101, Dumbledore would NEVER NEVER NEVER (too bad this thing doesn't have bold text) NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER make a horcrux. Just because he 'defeated' Grindelwald, doesn't mean he killed him. Second of all, even if he did kill Grindelwald, I don't think Dumbledore would want to make a horcrux, for it was he who said "To a well organized mind, death is but the next greatest adventure." So I don't think he would care for immortality. And lastly, Jo said that DUMBLEDORE IS DEAD!!!! Get over it, people.

Dan's so darn cute XD And ya this new bit of news is interesting. Too bad it didn't come out before M's book got published. But I guess we'll be hearing what they have to say about this in the next Mcast.

...oh, more complex, eh? Well, this suspense is certainly exciting...yay, Jo!

mhm, dan has the best interviews. (: iiiloveeit

Dan's interviews are always great, very interesting and he has a great sense of humor. I think he is choosing his proyects very well, they are all wonderful stories. And he knows us very well hehe actually he said it right, but what I most like is that he is a fan and he knows the fans. :) ----anglophile_bibliophil e , in the Observer interview Dan's mentions one of the reasons why it would be a bad idea to eat that hehe it's was very funny. I like his naturalness. :)

Dobby 101, Dumbledore does not have the malice in his heart to create something as horrible as a Horcrux! Shame on you! I think what Jo means by this whole thing is that the circumstances and factors leading to and from Dumbledore's death are complex, and I dislike the way the staff titled this...because she never hinted that Dumbledore is not dead...!

Dumbledore isnt coming back jeez people. I bet its something like how different characters deal with dumbledore's death or something about his portrait.

how exciting. dumbledore will surely turn up in his portrait, or his pensieve, like everyone else is saying. :D mugglecast today!

when i finished the 6th book, i was like, dumbledore needs to give harry his pensieve and all of his memories, or else how will he find the rest of the horcruxes? but im almost positive dumbledore talks to harry through his portrait at hogwarts, or maybe though a portrait in St. Mungos, cuz i bet he has a portrait there too.

We won't kill you Dan, we love you!!!!

Great interview! I think Dan, by far, reveals most about his true self when he does these things. I love how he's so open and he's fantastic at carrying an interesting conversation. I agree with the interview, he's smeone who it'd be great to chat to over a drink!

OMG!!! yay dumbledore!! lol but SIRIUS is the one i REALLY want back!! pls dan tell us something!! and dan: sooooooo disappointed in u! harry must NOT die!! lyl lyl

i think harry is a horcrux did dumbledore know? i'm ready to bet, perhaps not my other hand, but a couple of fingers, that he knew

its probably Aberforth Dumbledore

Long and hard.. lmao. I love Dan. C:

hahaa i just love dan

hmmm....I wonder what Jo meant? Can't wait for Deathly Hallows so I can find out!

oh my god you all are stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She's speaking about ABERFORTH DUMBLEDORE THE BROTHER OF ALBUS DUMBLEDORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and im sure about that 10000%!!!!!!!!

A great advertorial of book seven, also a stupid conversation.

yay, i love dan wen he is interviewed he always makes me laugh, im the same age and could never imagine accomplishing the things he's done. it must be so hard with the press! not being able to go out n party ! ooo n that dumbledore things is realy interesting, cant wait ! ! ! !

Am I the only one who has realized this, but, Dumbledore will be back in book 7. Past headmasters have a portrait of themselves hanging in the Headmaster's office. Their portraits can talk and move even if the person is dead. So obviously, Dumbledore will be back, just not in his "body and flesh" form, but rather as a portrait of himself.

I dont think it's Aberforth Dumbledore, I just think it isn't.

yeeeeeee, we are going to read something about Dumbledore, yesssss

Probably just Harry moaning about him and being sad. Maybe stuff Dumby said abotu horcruxes that JKR wishes she could take back now

I'd like to know what QuidditchGirl has against Daniel Radcliffe, who has developed into a mature and experienced actor, has started taking on other roles besides Harry Potter to expand his talents and horizons and who will never work in McDonalds due to his multi-million dollar fortune? He comes across as intelligent and a genuine fan. I care as much about what he has to say for the role as I do about the Muggle/Pottercast lot.

I think that Dumbledore is dead. I think Dumbledore knew there was no way for Harry to come out of this alive. In the end maybe Harry was just going to have to die, and Dumbledore was wanting to buy Harry some time. I can see it happening. He loves Harry and he probably wanted Harry to have some fun in his life before he had to die. So maybe Dumbledore was doing everything he could to have Harry live as long as he could live, even sending him to the Dursleys for protection. He wouldn't be very happy there, but at least he would live. Anyway, maybe in the end Harry has to die, but Dumbledore was trying to give him as long a life as he could give him. Maybe Dumbledore even time traveled to change things. Time travel can be tricky and Dumbledore does say he retraces his steps. So if Dumbledore is giving Jo problems, maybe there is something in his past that needs to be explained. Or she has to explain where he goes and what he does during the summer and stuff. Maybe she even has to explain something tricky like time travel. Then again, if Dumbledore is giving her trouble, maybe she just see's him in her mind saying "No, Please don't kill Harry off. " LOL. I mean, maybe he could be so real to her that she thinks about him in her mind and he is upset with her for something.

Woohoo, please let him come back in some way or another... i've been having these dreams about harry getting to visit dumbledore's house and getting to know much more about him and his family... hope something like that actually happens.. *sighs hopefully* anyway I LOVE DAN...!

haha hes enjoying the female attention........& jo's seeing his performance in equus....thats gotta be a little akward.....

I didn't realise Dan was so funny! Long and hard - lol.

Oh, Dan *shakes head* You should had asked more! Doode... oh well, that's intriguing about Dumbledore, can't wait to see what she's talking about! Off to read the interview now.

well, duh that means aberforth dumbledore ;D