[HPforGrownups] Re: The Mysterious Source

[Christine Maupin]

No: HPFGUIDX 174407

Christy (that's me, responding to the response to my response, etc.):
>> Did Snape have access to Dumbledore's portrait prior to becoming 
>> headmaster?   
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Beatrice:
> I think that DH indicates that Snape does have access to the 
> portrait prior to becoming headmaster.  p 688 US.  As the portrait 
> seems to tell Snape that he must give LV the correct date of 
> Harry's departure, but that Snape msut confound Dung to suggest the 
> doubles.
> 
> Reviewing the text I thought of three possibilities...
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Christy:
Ah, I stand corrected about Snape's access to Dumbledore's portrait...you're absolutely right...good catch.  (Um, I still wonder how he got access, but I can with live with it.)

And, you put forth plausible "alternative" portrait theories.  And, to the mix we can add N. Black's portrait at Grimmauld Place since we know Snape was there and N.B. could act as a messenger between Snape and Dumbledore's portrait.

I do still stand by my Hagrid in the pub theory -- when it worked for Quirrell, Voldemort happened to be attached to Quirrell's head.  So, using Hagrid could have been Voldemort's idea.

Christy, who got caught dropping a detail...