Portraits' magic WAS: Re: Moody's death / Dumbledore's portrait

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 179505


> Alla:
> 
> Right, I really like your interpretation. But here is the quote I had 
> in mind ( I could not find it right away) from Edinburg festival.
> 
> I mean I would not go as far as to call it direct contradiction to 
> Dumbledore's portrait actions, since she does say that they can give 
> some counsel, but she also says that they almost repeat catchphrases.
> 
> If that is correct as well, then DD portrait seemed to know an awful 
> lot of those :)

Pippin:
Note the "almost" --that's what Terry Pratchett calls a "wallpaper 
word" -- it covers up a big crack in the argument. <g> I would say
that Rowling's interviews resemble Dumbledore's in their tendency
to let truth stand in for honesty: there's little that's demonstrably 
false,but  much that is calculated, and even more that's omitted.

She did say that she would not be giving full and frank answers until
Book Seven was released. Those of us who obsessively scavenged the
interviews for clues but refused to take account of that  got what
we deserved, I'm thinking. 

Pippin