[HPforGrownups] DD's portrait

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In a message dated 7/20/2005 5:12:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
kathrin.p at gmail.com writes:

Gail  wrote: 
> 
> It is interesting to note that DD appeared after  death in a portrait 
> in his office, sleeping during H's visit to  P.McG, (not ready/able to 
> talk /animate ,yet?) However, SB has not  appeared, that we know of, in 
> a talking  portrait...

Kathrin:
But does everyone who died appear in a  painting? We have never heard of
James and Lily and all the others being in  a talking painting, have we? So 
I'm just not sure whether Sirius is dead or  alive. Could as well be only the 
important wizards and witches end up in a  painting after their death... But 
then, I suppose we'll find out more about it  in book 7 if it is really 
important!

Kathrin


Brief Chronicles now: 
I, for no really good reason, got the impression that portraits came up in  
Hogwarts only after Headmasters passed away because that was a Hogwarts  
tradition. I suppose I only thought this because McG clearly took DD's portrait  as 
a sign that DD was really gone, and I've never seen this happen before. So I  
assumed it was something special to Hogwarts. But I would like to know more  
about how the portraits work, and what makes them different than real  life.
 
Brief Chronicles


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