Horcruxes, the Prophesy, where Dumbledore goes, and other secrets

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 154140

DA Jones wrote:
> <snip> But something is suspicious about that sleeping 
> portrait. 

Carol responds:
Not "suspicious," perhaps, but certainly "significant." We've seen
portraits feigning sleep, and maybe that's what DD is doing. But, to
me, what's significant is his peaceful expression. Clearly,
Portrait!DD is not at all upset by his own death or the events on the
tower. And surely he would know the manner of his own death and
everything leading up to it (except that the Horcrux is fake).

We're told that the portraits repeat catch phrases used by the subject
of the painting when he or she was alive (though we've also seen them
act on their own volition--Phineas Nigellus leaving his painting when
he learns that his great-great-grandson Sirius is dead, so I think
there's more to them than JKR lets on). I fully expect to hear
Portrait!Dumbledore say, among other familiar phrases, "I trust
Severus Snape."

And another thing: DD is likely to have portraits in other places that
 he can travel between, which leaves open the possibility that Harry
may encounter him in unexpected places. Godric's Hollow, possibly?

Carol, who finds herself increasingly tempted by the "Dumbledore isn't
dead" (Draught of Living Death) theories but thinks that JKR will find
a more clever, less anticipatable method of proving to Harry and the
reader that Snape isn't evil