Rowling's favorite room??

[Tom Wall <thomasmwall@yahoo.com>]

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Amber wrote:
Whether it's the Chamberpot 
Room or the Prefects' Bathroom, 
both would provide a nice 
juxtaposition against Slytherin's 
Chamber of Secrets, which was 
also located in a bathroom. 

Danger Mouse wrote:
What immediately came to my mind 
was the room Harry goes to at the 
beginning of "The Four Champions" 
in GoF where they discuss Harry's 
eligibility in the tournament. 
It's mentioned again in "The Third 
Task" at breakfast when the champions 
are allowed to greet their families. 
I dunno why, it just popped into my 
head.

I reply:
I agree with Danger Mouse here, and had completely forgotten about 
the Chamberpot room, which is an interesting possibility also. 

When I read the interview, I thought that JKR said something to the 
effect of "It's a room we see in GoF and Harry hasn't yet discovered 
it's magical properties yet."

Some canon on the room off of the Great Hall:

"'Now, when the champions names are called, I would ask them please 
to come up to the top of the Hall, walk along the staff table, and go 
through into the next chamber' - he indicated the door behind the 
staff table -'where they will be receiving their first instructions.'"
(GoF, US hardcover, Ch.16, 268)


"[Harry] found himself in a smaller room, lined with paintings of 
witches and wizards. A handsome fire was roaring in the fireplace 
opposite him.

The faces in the portraits turned to look at him as he entered. He 
saw a wizened witch flit out of the frame of her picture and into the 
one next to it, which contained a wizard with a walrus mustache. The 
wizened witch started whispering in his ear."
(GoF, US hardcover, Ch.17, 272-3)

I don't remember any previous mentions of a room behind the staff 
table, but would think that, because of its location, it could be 
considered important, simply because the staff sit in front of it.  
All the portraits, I dunno, really reminded me of the description of 
Dumbledore's office.

This book is also the first in which we meet Violet, the Fat Lady's 
friend, who suddenly is taking trips out of this room. I thought that 
was odd before, you know, that she's the Fat Lady's friend, but we've 
never seen her before GoF.

Whatever the case, I'm extremely interested to find out why any room 
is the author's "favorite" room, because if it's *her* favorite room, 
then it oughtta be super-fun for us readers as well. ;-)

-Tom