Who sets the passwords?

[princesspeaette]

No: HPFGUIDX 77549

Wanda:
> I was just wondering, who makes up the passwords for the Gryffindor 
> students?  I assumed it was McGonagall, and she probably sets a new 
> one every week.  It seemed to me more than odd that the password 
for 
> the first week would be "mimbulus mimbletonia".  Any ideas as to 
why 
> this word would have been chosen, or is it really just a huge 
> coincidence?



I always assumed that the prefects made up the passwords, it would 
account for them always knowing what they were and when they were 
changed, as well as the fact that McGonagall is rarely seen near 
Gryffindor tower (I think it's mentioned in CoS that when she came to 
tell them Ginny had been taken into the chamber it was the first time 
arry had ever seen her there).  If she had to tell the Fat Lady the 
new passwords, she'd have to be there on a fairly regular basis. (I 
also don't think they are changed nearly as often as once a week, it 
seemed like the password was mimbulus mimbeltonia for a really long 
time, but I'd have to check.)

Given that the Gryffindor prefects are Ron and Hermione, both of whom 
are well aquainted with Neville's poor memory, it would be very kind 
of them to have made it something easy for him to remember for the 
beginning of the year.  Get him off on the right foot and all that :-)

~Margaret

(can you tell I have a soft spot for Neville?)