Hermione's Vulnerability (prediction)

[Gwared]

...Plus, I see no reason why Dumbledore's portrait wouldn't be there, when he quite clearly states in (I think) OotP, but it may be GoF, that all other former headmasters/headmistresses have portraits there. So Harry could still have some connection with Dumbledore.

I tried to see if this point had been cleared up yet but couldn't seem to find it if it had. At the end of book 6 McGonagal walks into her (now) office to be greeted by a portrait of Dumbledore. She even has to steel herself against it.

So it's already there.

[Tanuki]

Can you imagine the frustration McGonnagal will have, dealing with Dumbledore's portrait while she is trying to work, just twiddling his thumbs or trying to be cheerful and completely distracting her. I always imagined Dumbledore to be a very distracting or frustrating person when others are trying to be overly serious

[Person1]

Ah, but these are serious times now, and DD would realize that, and let her concentrate.

[Tanuki]

Yeah, but after the war, he's totally gonna get on her nerves

[Person1]

lol

[Person1]

Don't mean to DBL post....but then again, is it a talking portrait? I mean N-headless NIck said to become a ghost he would have had to left a mark ... is it the same w. the painting, had to have been enchanted b4?

BTW: this mark Nick spoke of...would this mark had to have been a horcrux? A way to keep those who fear death alive?

[Phoenix in the Ashes]

I seriously doubted it and was about to write something that could be taken as an insult when I realised you actually might be on to something.
Nick says it's like an imprint of themselves. A piece of the soul alive? Maybe having only one horcrux makes you only a ghost.

Hmm, now that I think of it, maybe not. Horcruxes have appeared in this book to be something of evil and mysterious. There are far too many ghosts - many nice - for this to be true.

[Scarlet Lioness]

Yeah the horcruxes are known as an evily sort of thing whereas NHN is nice...

Also didn't Moaning Myrtle say that the only reason she stayed behind was to haunt Olive Hornby???
I think its the persons choice to stay behind or not...DD probly wanted to experience death for himself so he chose not to become a ghost.

[Phoenix in the Ashes]

Yeah, he probably just feels it's like a long-awaited holiday.
I don't think there any sort of chance Dumbledore became a ghost. Just ain't happening...

[Hagger 9003]

i think you need a really good reason to stay behind, or have a great fear of death, maybe... but that means voldie will b a ghost!!! tht would not be good at all..

[Tanuki]

I don't think there will be anything left when he goes... not even a ghost

[Athena Appleton]

He definitely remembers all the incantations Snape put in the book, so why not the actual potions?

For the same reason it's easy to remember a two word phrase rather than an entire (sometimes complicated) recipe.

Plus, I think he probably found the incantations more exciting and entertaining than even successful Potions.

[Athena Appleton]

...Plus, I see no reason why Dumbledore's portrait wouldn't be there, when he quite clearly states in (I think) OotP, but it may be GoF, that all other former headmasters/headmistresses have portraits there. So Harry could still have some connection with Dumbledore.

I tried to see if this point had been cleared up yet but couldn't seem to find it if it had. At the end of book 6 McGonagal walks into her (now) office to be greeted by a portrait of Dumbledore. She even has to steel herself against it.

So it's already there.

wow, i need to reread that

Can you imagine the frustration McGonnagal will have, dealing with Dumbledore's portrait while she is trying to work, just twiddling his thumbs or trying to be cheerful and completely distracting her. I always imagined Dumbledore to be a very distracting or frustrating person when others are trying to be overly serious

Well, yeah, but that's mainly when he's in charge... and he certainly knows when and how to be serious, when the time comes for it.

[quote="Person 1"]Don't mean to DBL post....but then again, is it a talking portrait? I mean N-headless NIck said to become a ghost he would have had to left a mark ... is it the same w. the painting, had to have been enchanted b4?

BTW: this mark Nick spoke of...would this mark had to have been a horcrux? A way to keep those who fear death alive?

I would imagine that a headmaster/headmistress would sit for a portrait upon becoming headmaster/mistress, because they know they're going to be used. It's probably all set up long before they die.

The Horcrux wouldn't be that mark, because a Horcrux is something not many people know about, it's evil, and you're required to murder to make it happen. Not likely all those Headmasters murdered someone so they could have a talking portrait, and as far as the ghosts go... well, yeah, there's the Bloody Baron who may have commited murder at some point, but I doubt Nearly Headless Nick did, and the Hufflepuff house ghost is a friar! Not a likely candidate for murder.

[Fantasy girl]

i hadn't notce that dumbldores portrtait was there i reread it last night. i also do not think that dd will be a ghost

[Salazar Slytherin]

i dont think dd will be a ghost nearly headless nick said only some people become ghost i think he will just stay a portrait in the office of Minevera McoNagol ( didnt spell that right probably)