JKR Chat- Sirius Black

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No: HPFGUIDX 92126

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "oldone7777" <csalgado at r...> 
wrote:
> oldone:
> 
> > > Ok we know Sirius' body probabily won't return but,... his 
> > > reflection giving advice through the mirror? 

Maybe. We have seen mirrors that talk and give advice, but their 
kind of advice is usually limited to "Tuck in your shirt, scruffy."

I think Sirius might very well return in the form of a portrait. I'm 
guessing that a wizarding portrait would have had to have been 
painted before the subject died, but since Sirius is from a rich 
family, I can easily imagine that there's a portrait of him laying 
around Grimmauld Place somewhere, probably under a heap of junk in 
the attic or something. We have seen portraits not only give advice 
but actually run errands for the living. Perhaps all that needs to 
happen is for that old portrait to be "developed" in potions, kind 
of like a photograph.

Steve
Lexicon-ing tonight.