Curious thought about Portraits - How Many?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 97180

Steve <bboy_mn> wrote:
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> We know Phineas has several portraits painted (well, two for sure),
> the question is, how many 'portrait selves' exist for Phineas?
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> 
> Does the same thing apply to photographs, because there are
countless thousands of Dumbledore Chocolate Frog Cards of him.
> 
> If there are many of 'him', do they all share universal knowledge of
> each other, or do they live separate an independant lives?
> 
> Could two different portrait version of a person get into a heated
> disagreement over something, or would they all share a universal
> opinion on the matter?
> 
> How odd would it be for Phineas to meet himself as both versions
> traveled through the portrait world on their way to the Hogwarts
> portrait? 
> 
> In the book, it reads as if there is only one Phineas, who divides
his time between Grimmauld Place and Hogwarts. But it could just as
easily be one copy of himself is off enjoying himself while the other
travels back and forth. 


Carol:
Presumably in Phineas's case, two different portraits were painted at
different times in his life, yet it does seem as if there's only one
Portrait!Phineas, who apparently spends most of his time in
Dumbledore's office, but sometimes lurks invisibly behind the portrait
frame in Harry's room at 12 Grimmauld Place, listening in on Harry's
conversations with himself. Or maybe the two portraits have exactly
the same personality but there really are two selves.

As for photographs, we know that Percy walked out of the family
photograph in his father's office, and I doubt that he went back to
some other photo in the family album. Maybe he joined the photo of
Penny that he had with him in PoA. Wonder if she's recovered yet from
her blotched nose?

I think the portraits (since there are so few of them) must know about
each other, but the photographs probably "live separate independent
lives." That's my assumption at the moment, at any rate.

Carol, still wondering why Phineas didn't return and whether he's
persuaded at last that Sirius is dead