[HPforGrownups] Phineas

[Scott Santangelo]

No: HPFGUIDX 72948



Carolin_Mönkemeyer <shokoono at gmx.de> wrote:
What really is making me thinking it over and over again is the fact that one picture without a real function got a name: Phineas Nigellus. All pictures with a bigger function do have names. Even the Fat Lady got to show her importance on some points. So Phineas only being a messenger would not fit. Especially because he already had started to be some kind of helping person talking to Harry while being at GP and doing more than just passing
on messages of Dumbledore's. He became some kind of character, no matter if you like him or not. So my theory is that he will be serving some kind of function. Maybe to be some addition helping Harry to live with the loss of Sirius. I just remember how he reacted on the news that Sirius died.... I think it was more than just the last Black would be dead....

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JKR did feature Phineas more than the other portraits in DD's office, and his relationship to Sirius drew a focus on his character. As we learn the portrait-people can go back and forth between the places where their portraits hang, they serve more important roles in the story (St. Mungo's, etc.). Of course, Phineas can go back and forth to #12 Grimmauld, so there again, he became more of a player. I thought his reaction to Sirius' death was a break in the ice for his otherwise chilly "dark" character. He seemed to show some real shock/distress/disbelief, though we didn't see enough to tell if it was sadness/regret. I don't think there's any doubt we'll see more of him in books 6+7, and he'll probably be more active in working against those who killed his descendant.

owlery2003



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