JKR Chat- Sirius Black

[suehpfan]

No: HPFGUIDX 92158

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.

This is what I think as well.  I am also curius about the portrait of 
Harry that Dobby painted.  After Harry opened it we never heard about 
it again.  Was it left at Grimauld Place?  Maybe in the same musty 
attic pile as an old portrait of Sirius? We know now for sure that 
house elves have powers wizards do not.  
Sue