I don’t think portraits necessarily have simple personalities. They’re portrayed as sort of cartoonish in canon, but in MoR they seem to be more like humans with long-term anterograde amnesia.
I had assumed that ghosts, were the same way, but I realize that’s not at all consistent with canon. They seem to be able to form memories, but not to mature emotionally, as if some aspects of their mind were read-only and others were not. From a certain perspective, the distinction might be taken to fall roughly along code/data lines… which has strange implications for how ghosts are formed if true.
But, if portraits are different from in canon, maybe ghosts are too.
I don’t think portraits necessarily have simple personalities. They’re portrayed as sort of cartoonish in canon, but in MoR they seem to be more like humans with long-term anterograde amnesia.
I had assumed that ghosts, were the same way, but I realize that’s not at all consistent with canon. They seem to be able to form memories, but not to mature emotionally, as if some aspects of their mind were read-only and others were not. From a certain perspective, the distinction might be taken to fall roughly along code/data lines… which has strange implications for how ghosts are formed if true.
But, if portraits are different from in canon, maybe ghosts are too.
Dang, now I can’t remember where portraits appear in MoR.
Ghosts don’t really, do they? Have we ever actually gotten conversation from a ghost?
When Harry play’s the game, he is given a clue by means of a message passed on through a series of portraits.
Also, they interview portraits to gather genealogical data and lists of old magical creatures.