MM's Bathroom Location /points

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 20210

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., floridian127 at y... wrote:
> In CoS Moaning Myrtle's bathroom is stated to be on the 
> first floor. Then when H/H/R run up the stairs and find 
> Mrs Norris petrified they were on the second floor. They 
> past the feast in the great hall, rounded the first floor 
> and leaped up steps to the next floor [not exact]. Later 
> it is on the first floor again. 
> 
> Write off as incorrect mention or moving staircase? 
> 
> I checked lexicon and Steve has it on the second floor.   
> http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/hogwarts_floors.html 
> 

The "first floor" is what we Yanks would call the second floor. That 
would be the perfect explanation if it weren't for the fact that it's 
not different in the British versions, from what I've been told. 

That bathroom moves around, quite frankly. It's described as being on 
the first floor and the second floor (never the ground floor). We are 
told in PS/SS that rooms do move around in Hogwarts.

JKR herself stated this in an interview. This is from the AOL chat, 
(Oct 2000):

   Firebolt: Ms. Rowling, have you ever made a map or 
   blueprint of the school? 

   J.K. Rowling: No, because all those staircases keep shifting 
   around and rooms pop out of nowhere, and stuff just
   moves too much. But I have got a notebook that reminds me 
   what floor everything is on, just to keep track. Of
   course, if anything moves, I can blame it on magic, 
   not my mistakes. 

She has placed that bathroom on both floors, so obviously it's one of 
the rooms that moves. 

In the Lexicon, I chose the one that seems to be most specifically 
described and passed anything else off as a Flint on her part.

POINTS:
Amy Z made a reference to the points that get added or subtracted for 
behavior. She said that the full list would be "coming soon to a 
Lexicon near you." She's the editor of those pages, so she's been 
waiting patiently for me to make them live. Well, the first such list 
is now on the Lexicon. Check out this path:

Wizarding World => Wizard Places => Hogwarts => Detentions => Points

Or just skip all that (even though it's more fun) and jump to 
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/points.html
 
The points for the rest of the years will be added this summer when I 
go into full Lexicon edit mode. Yeehaw!

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon