GH re-re-revisited - Portrait Spy

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No: HPFGUIDX 115365


SSSusan:
>> Thanks, Dungrollin.  Wish it were my original idea, but 'tis not, 
though I really like it [magic portrait at Godrics Hollow].  I can't 
imagine any other way that DD could have so quickly found out what 
was happening at GH.  
 
Hmmmmm...  What impact does a Fidelius Charm have on a portrait's 
ability to communicate with an outside party?  Could Phineas travel 
between GP & DD's office because DD told him GP was Order HQ, or 
does the Fidelius not affect a portrait at all?<<

bboyminn:
> The portrait of Phineas in Dumbledore's office didn't have to be
> told about what was happening at Grimmauld Place because Phineas 
> IS at Grimmauld Place; he has a protrait there. He had full access 
> and full view because that house at 12-GP was his home; the home 
> of his portrait that is.

SSSusan:
Oh, yeah.  Duh!  :-|


Steve: 
> One confusing thing about these multiple protraits at multiple
> locations, is there only one character for /all/ the portraits, or 
> one for each portrait? 
> 
> In other words, we have two known portraits of Phineas, does that 
> mean that there are two of him wandering around out there in the 
> portrait universe? 
> 
> And if there are two of him, are they of one mind, each fully 
> knowing the experiences of the other? 
> 
> If there are two of them, and they are not of one mind, but live
> completely independent lives, do they occassionally get together 
> and talk, and when they do, do they alway agree with each other, 
> or do the get into disagreements? 


SSSusan:
I thought that there was only one of each "character" but I guess 
now that you ask directly, I'm not sure.  I keep thinking of how 
there was an *empty* frame in the bedroom where Harry was staying at 
GP, and I took that to mean Phineas was absent, visiting one of his 
other frames.  BUT there were also times when Harry heard sniggering 
or other sounds, weren't there?  As if Phineas was actually there 
but just didn't want to show himself, perhaps?  So I guess I don't 
know!

Siriusly Snapey Susan