ootp question

[moldaviteice]

No: HPFGUIDX 63440

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "opal1159" <opal at c...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "wgouine" <wgouine1 at m...> 
wrote:
What is with the blank 
canvas 
> portrait in 
> > he & Ron's room at  12 Grimmauld?> 
> 
> The blank canvas was likely the former home of Phineas Nigellus' 
> portrait.  Except he isn't normally in it because he's normally in 
> his portrait in Dumbledore's office?  Remember Harry -did- hear 
> Phienas' voice from the blank canvas when he was in the room.
> 
> I'm not sure what the rules for people in portraits are - like if 
> they're in one portrait, can they simultaneously be in another 
> portrait of themselves?
> 
> Dumbledore said that "Sirius knows not to take down that portrait 
[of 
> Phineas]" or something when he was telling Phineas to go to it.  I 
> don't know how Sirius feels about Phineas, but perhaps he did some 
> kind of charm to make the canvas blank but still allow Phineas to 
go 
> to it (to relay messages from Dumbledore).


Wouldn't it be nice if Harry comes across a portrait of sirus?? then 
he can communicate w/ him again...

"moldaviteice"