The enderdragon flys through obsidian pillars.
The ender will, after taking damage, fly to the empty portal and sit on top of the pillar (where the egg spawns) and continues flapping for about 10 seconds.
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1. has always been the case
2. intended by dinnerbone's design, it's prepairing an attack on players in survival