The Chamber of Secret Chamber Pots (was Re: New places in Order of the Phoenix)

[mark_weasley at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 19255

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., catherine at c... wrote:
> > > So as things stand right now, Harry is going to visit a whole 
new 
> > > magical world; a room in Hogwarts whose significance he's been 
> > unaware 
> > > of; and places we've heard of but haven't seen the inside of.  
> > That's 
> > > quite an itinerary.  I'm excited, but I hope we get some plain 
> old 
> > > Gryffindor common room time too!
> 
> When JKR said that if she went to Hogwarts, she would visit a room 
> which Harry had discovered in GoF, but hadn't discovered its 
magical 
> properties yet, I immediately thought of the kitchens.  Are there 
any 
> other rooms of significance that could qualify here?
> 
> Catherine


Actually, Jo Rowling didn't say it was a room Harry had discovered.  
Her exact statement was (from the BBC Red Nose Day chat):

Q: If you could travel to Hogwarts for an hour, what would you do 
there?
A: Go straight into a certain room, mentioned in book four, which has 
certain magical properties Harry hasn't discovered yet!.. 

I immediately thought JKR was referring to the room Dumbledore 
mentions at the Yule Ball which he discovered on the way to the 
bathroom-- the room full of chamber pots.

I thought Rowling meant that upon her arrival at Hogwarts, she'd want 
to go that chamber to ..er.. freshen up first.  I thought the whole 
chamber pot room was just a gag.  But, then (in true HP-fan fashion) 
I thought about it some more (probably too much!)  What if that room 
does possess a secret, one of those of which Dumbledore humbly claims 
ignorance?

It is now one of my favorite pet theories that there's more to the 
"Chamber of Secret Chamber Pots".  The chamber could actually have 
the magical property of producing what one needs or wants (a "Chamber 
of Desire"?)  Dumbledore, with his simple wants (and his full bladder 
at the time), sees only a room full of magnificent vessels for 
bedroom relief.  But to anyone less serene than the headmaster, who 
knows what the chamber would provide?  =)

--Mark
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