[HPforGrownups] Re: Empty picture

[SiriusBlack4Eternity]

No: HPFGUIDX 95110


Geoff:
I don't think that's strictly true. In OOTP, we have seen various of 
the portrait folk -  Phineas Nigellus and Dilys Derwent for example - 
who have been sent by Dumbledore to find out information and deliver 
messages at points where they have another portrait of themselves.

I think that this has been discussed in a thread some time ago but 
there is a suggestion that the portrait is sentient and has the 
memories of its sitter up to the point in time where the painting was 
executed. So, a portrait could engage in conversation with a person 
perfectly coherently, assuming that the discussion did not go beyond 
the then knowledge of the sitter, which is a little more than 
watching an old video of a friend or relative.

However, if there was a portrait of Sirius, it would have to date 
from before the Azkaban days and therefore, from Harry's point of 
view, would not be helpful. If you want to discuss your teen angst 
and your hearer hasn't got beyond you being in nappies, you've got 
the wrong counsellor!





SB4E:

I may be wrong, but I was under the impression that DD routinely had discussions with the portraits in his office, which if you're theory is correct on them being sentients of their former selves would serve no purpose for Dumbledore, especially with ones like Phineas, because they would be so removed from the current issues of the WW that it wouldn't do any good to try and discuss current happenings.  Just a thought, because I am still not convinced exactly how they work.  

 

SiriusBlack4Eternity...who hopes that Severus doesn't die, because she doesn't want to lose another favorite character




Vickey Snape
Hufflepuff Prefect



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