Timeline for Why could the pictures and paintings in Hogwarts talk and the photos of Harry's parents couldn't?

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Jun 6, 2014 at 9:22	vote	accept	Kevin The Knight
Jun 4, 2014 at 16:41	comment	added	CandiedMango		@damon that does not involve the painting thinking or answering itself. They can repeat what they are told to a degree. They can observe and I think probably learn slightly as they go but never become a fully fledged person.
Jun 4, 2014 at 16:39	comment	added	Damon		The explanation given by JKR once again proves that she didn't write the later books in her series herself, since she is oblivious of the fact that Dumbledore sends a former headmaster's painting to alert someone in the ministery when Weasley is attacked and injured, and the portrait reports back that he found Weasley, and he is being taken care of. That would be hardly possible given the "aura left in spot" explanation and merely being able to repeat catchphrases or such.
Jun 4, 2014 at 15:19	comment	added	CandiedMango		@stonemetal It depends on the enchantment in my opinion as to how powerful the painting is. They can also travel between paintings of themselves of course. It would seem they can travel between paintings on the same wall too as is demonstrated in many chapters. One example is when the knight Sir Cadogan (was it?) ran between paintings to keep up with harry.
Jun 4, 2014 at 15:14	comment	added	stonemetal		Everard's picture in the headmasters office is capable of carrying messages and spying for the headmaster of hogwarts. So it has a much more dynamic personality than Sirius' mother's painting. Maybe it is quality of enchantment, or maybe she has gone mad from years of being covered and alone in Sirius's house.
Jun 4, 2014 at 8:22	history	answered	CandiedMango	CC BY-SA 3.0