Dumbledore's portrait (was Re: OoP clues?)

[juli17 at aol.com]

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mz_annethrope
 
Also the portraits in the headmaster's office. Everard has another  
portrait in the MoM and Dilys has one at St. Mungo's. Then there's  
Phineas Nigellus who has a portrait at Grimmauld Place. I'm putting 
my  bet on these portrait connections being significant in the next 
book. The  heads in the portraits have to obey the current head of 
Hogwarts. What if  the next head is a DE, or more likely, under the 
imperius  curse?




Julie:
I suspect the next head of Hogwarts will be McGonagall. Who is
also part of the Order. As was the person in one of the portraits now
in the Headmaster's office. (Dumbledore, of course.) Which begs 
the question, is this the *only* portrait of Dumbledore in existence?
 
I can't see any reason why it should be, as many other headmasters
have their portraits elsewhere. So where would Dumbledore's other
portraits be? And how might Dumbledore assist Harry and the Order
by hopping between his portraits?
 
One theory I have (though perhaps someone else has already come up
with it) is that this is one way for Snape to communicate information  to
the Order. After all, if it is Dumbledore popping in and out of his  portrait
in the Headmaster's office, giving McGonagall and whoever else might
be present information vital to the war against Voldemort, is anyone 
going to question the source of that information? Even if they did,  and
Dumbledore refused to answer or did so cryptically, is the Order  going
to doubt any information that comes from Dumbledore's mouth? I don't
think so!
 
Of course, that doesn't address the possibility of McGonagall being
Imperioed or even ESE, but I suspect portrait!Dumbledore would still
have enough of his legendary wizard acumen present to ascertain if
he was being played in that manner.
 
I still don't have a really good guess for where Dumbledore's other
portrait(s) might be, but my assumption is somewhere Snape would
have access (Spinner's End even?) and perhaps somewhere Harry 
would also have access (Hogwarts Headmaster's office might suffice
for this). 
 
Julie 
 
 


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