[HPforGrownups] Re: Portraits in Dumbledore's Office

[Pottymouth65 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 76402

In a message dated 8/9/2003 11:29:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
kfc4588 at yahoo.com writes:

> 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
> >
> 
> 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-
> 

Traci again-

The only reason I used Sirius as an example and not James or Lily (or any 
other family member from the Potter or Evans' clan) is because of how bittersweet 
the end result was.  I guess my question should've included James and/or Lily 
too.  Still, the question in my mind remains.  Would a portrait made of 
Sirius, James or Lily (or anybody for that matter) still be able to hold that 
person's "essence" and communicate to the living even if it had been painted years 
before their death?  Furthermore, if so, say a portrait was made of someone 
when they were a child, would the essence of the child speak to the living 
instead of the adult as we know them from the books?  I'd like to hear other's 
thoughts on this.  If this has been posted previously, please forgive me.  

~Traci


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