Passwords

[Kelly Hurt]

No: HPFGUIDX 26565

--- heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu wrote:

>Why would their entrance work any
>differently than the other house
>entrances?

No book handy, but the Slytherin common room entrance was through a
blank wall (polyjuice chapter CoS) not a portrait.

>We actually don't know that the heads
>of house don't set the password for
>their house - notihing in canon makes
>it impossible to conclude that Prof.
>McG does the one for Gryffindor

McGonagall does NOT set them for Gryffindor House.  No book handy, but
Sir Cadogan spent his time challenging people to duels and thinking up
ridiculously difficult passwords which he changed twice a day.  (It was
a list of these Crookshanks stole from Neville.)  Since, Sir C. does,
it follows that the Fat Lady also makes up her own passwords.  (Do you
really think McGonagall or Percy would come up with 'fairy lights' and
'flibbertygibbet'?)

>- but it's equally possible that the
>prefects do it for each house, and it
>was a slytherin prefect who chose his
>house's password.

Even if prefect set it, I don't believe he/she would choose a password
like 'pure-blood' unless he/she knew for sure the Head of House would
be okay with it.

Kelly the Yarn Junkie

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