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Collectible Portraits!
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gingerwitch.livejournal.comWe have a first look at the Collectible Portrait tiles we'll see in some of the 2024 sets thanks to Falcon Fan at Falcon Bricks.
Top row: sample mystery tile (see below), Jocunda Sykes, Rowena Ravenclaw, possibly Maud Montague (see below), Basil Fronsac, Sir Cadogan
Bottom row: Helga Hufflepuff, Edessa Sakndenberg, Godric Gryffindor, possibly Temeritus Shanks (see below), Damara Dodderidge, possibly Amrose Swott (see below)
So, my best guesses... In the top row, given the other three Founders' presences, I think it's a good bet the mystery portrait is a stand-in for Salazar Slytherin. For the fourth in that row, the only portrait that came close to the Snow White look (and who knows, maybe it is Snow White, although Sleeping Beauty would have made more sense given the Draught of Living Death) is Maud Montague.
As for the second row, the only portrait I could find with an owl, and a white owl at that, is Temeritus Shanks. Now he's pretty much a Voldemort shade of white and not black in that portrait, but then I'd argue Edessa Sakndenberg wasn't originally a POC either, so that probably doesn't rule him out either. At the end of the row, the redhead with the beard might be Amrose Swott. Contrary to what the Weasleys and Susan Bones might lead one to believe, there weren't all that many gingers amongst the portraits. I couldn't find the significance to the map either, nor any mention of Prewett or Weasley portraits, and the only Bones portrait mentioned is of a witch, which leaves us with Swott or perhaps a younger Dumbledore. It's worth considering that the portrait appears to be asleep, as we often hear Albus' is, and the style of beard more closely resembles his than Swott's. The de-aging might be their way of avoiding placing an emphasis on the character's death. Or maybe the unknown / uncertain portraits are of lego designers. They've done that in the past, especially in the Transfiguration Moment set.
But I'm open to suggestions as to who those portraits might be.
Distribution of the portraits in the 2024 lego Harry Potter winter wave sets:
Hagrid's Hut: 2x
Hogwarts Castle Boathouse: 1x
Hogwarts Castle Owlery: 1x
Top row: sample mystery tile (see below), Jocunda Sykes, Rowena Ravenclaw, possibly Maud Montague (see below), Basil Fronsac, Sir Cadogan
Bottom row: Helga Hufflepuff, Edessa Sakndenberg, Godric Gryffindor, possibly Temeritus Shanks (see below), Damara Dodderidge, possibly Amrose Swott (see below)
So, my best guesses... In the top row, given the other three Founders' presences, I think it's a good bet the mystery portrait is a stand-in for Salazar Slytherin. For the fourth in that row, the only portrait that came close to the Snow White look (and who knows, maybe it is Snow White, although Sleeping Beauty would have made more sense given the Draught of Living Death) is Maud Montague.
As for the second row, the only portrait I could find with an owl, and a white owl at that, is Temeritus Shanks. Now he's pretty much a Voldemort shade of white and not black in that portrait, but then I'd argue Edessa Sakndenberg wasn't originally a POC either, so that probably doesn't rule him out either. At the end of the row, the redhead with the beard might be Amrose Swott. Contrary to what the Weasleys and Susan Bones might lead one to believe, there weren't all that many gingers amongst the portraits. I couldn't find the significance to the map either, nor any mention of Prewett or Weasley portraits, and the only Bones portrait mentioned is of a witch, which leaves us with Swott or perhaps a younger Dumbledore. It's worth considering that the portrait appears to be asleep, as we often hear Albus' is, and the style of beard more closely resembles his than Swott's. The de-aging might be their way of avoiding placing an emphasis on the character's death. Or maybe the unknown / uncertain portraits are of lego designers. They've done that in the past, especially in the Transfiguration Moment set.
But I'm open to suggestions as to who those portraits might be.
Distribution of the portraits in the 2024 lego Harry Potter winter wave sets:
Hagrid's Hut: 2x
Hogwarts Castle Boathouse: 1x
Hogwarts Castle Owlery: 1x