Pictures and Photos

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No: HPFGUIDX 20662

I was just rereading CoS again, and I was thinking an awful lot about 
the movement of the people within painted pictures and portraits.  
IMHO, pictures are always of actual people, while portraits are 
usually of fictional characters.  Therefore, the people within a 
photograph may move around, even exhibit signs of their true 
personalities.  However, the people within the photographs are mere 
shadows of the true person.  This why Harry's photos of his parents 
merely wave, rather than tell him all about his family and such.  
OTOH, painted pictures have no "other" identity.  They are who they 
are, giving them a much more defined personality, allowing them to 
have feelings and to think.  This also explains their tendency to 
move around.

Of course, there is the issue of the past headmasters moving around.  
I believe that they still only "represent" their true selves and do 
not have distinct personalities.  Another thought is that the past 
headmasters are dead and therefore allowed to have a more distict 
personality- there is no "real" person to contend with.

Just my take on this, I know we have discussed this numerous times 
before.


Melissa
(A horrible speller, please excuse)


BTW, Is it just me or does Lockhart get more annoying with each 
read... what a conceited little...