Common Rooms

[anakinbester]

No: HPFGUIDX 44637

Felinia Wrote
> I get the impression, from the fact that Harry and Ron can't just 
> ask someone in  advance, that people from the other houses aren't 
>*supposed* to know the location of common rooms not their own.
 
 
I've gotten that impression too. To me that seems extremely odd 
that such knowledge would be so restricted, yet it does seem to be 
what canon indicates. Unles Harry and Ron were extremely dense, but I 
dont think so. 
 
Why do you think this is? My first thought is to keep house 
rivalries from getting out of hand, but that seems almost silly. 
 
 *L* Then again maybe MWPP caused such grief for the Slytherins that 
 it was deemed necessary to keep their common room hidden *L* (Yeah 
 there's completely non canon based reasoning. 
 
 Serious again, I really can't come up with a reason for keeping the 
 houses hidden. It seems to breed sectionalism and discrimination, 
 which you'd think Hogwrats would be against, given Dumbeldore's 
 stance on issues. 
 
 -Ani