Dumbledore's Portrait

[Phoenix in the Ashes]

Why would you think there would be portraits of them? There are already pictures of them Harry has of course... but I doubt there would be a portrait anywhere, they only died 16 years ago and where would it be put...

[GodrictheGriffon]

Maybe the Department of Mysteries or an old friend from school yet to be introduced? I think that the portaits were waiting for just the right moment to talk to Harry. I bet he'll be alone at Godric Hollow when the portraits speak to him.

[Simatra]

Everything has to be in this book!

[GodrictheGriffon]

Of course!

[.:.Lily.:.]

The portrait of DD will not give away what he and Harry were doing and neither will the other portraits because even though they serve the current head, they also all know that this is Harry's journey. If he could still fall back on his crutches at this point, he would never have lost Sirius and Dumbledore. Mcgonagall will learn of the horcruxes when Harry tells her about them.

The portrait will be of no use to Harry until he returns to Hogwarts and I believe he will. The final battle will lead back to where it all started, where Harry first confronted LV, where he first defeated him... It all leads back to the school in the end even if Harry doesn't return for his last year of schooling there. It is then, at the end that he will find the portrait of DD useful.

I like the idea of portraits of Lily and James but I don't see that in their very short lives they would have done anything that would have merited them a portrait. Yes they fought for the order of the pheonix but they didn't discover a new way of healing, they didn't do anything to stand up in history except to die for their son and to bring on the first downfall of LV.

Perhaps someday this will merit them their place in history and a portrait somewhere, but we need to know more about the portraits to understand how they work. Does the portrait have to premade to have the imprint of the wizard and their knowledge upon it? And if so, would it be too late to make a portrait of Lily and James for it to mean anything for Harry?

Phineas Nigel would walk out of one portrait into the one at Grimald place... Does this mean that everyone who has multiple portraits leaves empty frames behind when they are in another? Are there thousands of empty frames around the wizarding world?

[GodrictheGriffon]

I believe that every wizard has a portrait in the wizarding world somewhere. Maybe in a big room at the department of mysteries.

[.:.Lily.:.]

Why do you think that? It isn't like there is a portrait of everyone in the world (in reality) why would there be a portrait of EVERY wizard in the wizarding world? So you think it likely that families like the Gaunts sidle up and say cheese while they get painted?

I think portraits, rather than just pictures, are something that is reserved for people of great honor, or something...

[Run Away!!!]

Meh, you don't know. Godric could be right And since this is the magical wizarding world wizards probably wouldnt' have to pose for their portraits. There are a whole lot of random portraits at Hogwarts, not all of them may have been famous.

[Simatra]

Yes, I sadly think that Godric may have a point. I thinks it's possible. What's so wronge with it?

[FawkesthePhoenix]

what if v's and harry's portraits were next to each other....

[Run Away!!!]

That would be... strange.. they could go visit each other and have cups of tea

[FawkesthePhoenix]

and wonder what they're real selves are planning on doing next...

[GodrictheGriffon]

And they could have a portrait war while sharing a crumpet....

[FawkesthePhoenix]

how does one have a potrait war? push the enemy into the side of the frame?

[GodrictheGriffon]

How a war with in the portrait. With crumpets!