7 Horcruxes - Shock & outrage!!

[mercurybluesmng]

No: HPFGUIDX 145817

> scam:
> > In OotP, the portraits tell that it is their bounden duty 
> > to serve the present Headmaster (or headmistress in this 
> > case), <snip> if she asks them for the info, she can get 
> > it. HP is DDM, but the portraits are there to serve her 
> > now. Wouldn't DD's portrait itself not tell her all she 
> > wants to know? 
> 
> Geoff:
> (1) It may not have occurred to her to consult the portraits 
> since she was asking Harry who was standing directly and she 
> may well not be thinking straight at that moment due to her 
> distress.
> 
> (2) <snip> I wonder whether some form of official confirmation
> of her status would need to be made before the portraits could 
> be approached. 


MercuryBlue:
Or maybe Dumbledore asked the portraits to keep their mouths 
shut. Dumbledore being a Headmaster, the portraits must obey. 
Which could backfire, I suppose, if the portraits aren't bound 
to obey past Headmasters. But if their loyalty to Dumbledore 
outweighs their obligation to McGonagall, or if Dumbledore's 
order/request stands till Dumbledore himself counters it, 
McGonagall wouldn't be able to learn anything from the 
portraits.