Portraits in Dumbledore's Office

[KathyK]

No: HPFGUIDX 76336

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kfc4588" <kfc4588 at y...> wrote:
> 
Traci: 
> > So, this leads me to wondering - say IF Sirius had a portrait 
made 
> of himself 
> > perhaps years ago, would this portrait be "enchanted" as well?  
> Would that 
> > old portrait be able to communicate to Harry and the living?  I 
> know of no 
> > portrait of Sirius being mentioned, so this is just an "IF" 
> question.  
> > 
> > ~Traci
> > 
> 
casey:
> I have a quick question- 
> now i cried for days on end when Sirius died, but what I don't 
> understand is why we are all making theories and devising plans to 
> get Sirius to communicate with Harry again, when we could have been 
> doing this for Harry and James this whole time, I mean if there 
were 
> ways would he rather speak to James or Sirius..and why wouldn't he 
> have done it before, like when he needed a parent? I don't know.. 
it 
> just always confused me how it was never a big deal that James was 
> dead (to Harry- not to us because we got to know and love Sirius in 
a 
> way we never got to with James) but now he (and we) will do 
ANYTHING 
> to try and get Sirius back.. i dont know if im making any sense 
ehre 
> but its just a thought
> -casey-

I'm sure that Harry's thought about what it would be like to be able 
to see his parents, but the fact is, he pretty much never knew them.  
They were alive for the first year of his life, but that's all.  
Sirius was James' best friend and Harry's godfather, so of course 
Harry was happy to hear that someone (connected to his parents) cared 
about him/wanted him.  
Now the reason that Harry wants Sirius back but doesn't seem to want 
James back as badly is because Sirius is a tangible figure in his 
life, not some abstract parent who died many years ago.  Harry and 
Sirius had a relationship.  They cared about one another and they 
bonded.  Harry simply does not have that same connection to his 
father, which is sad, but true.

KathyK