OOP: "ARGH!" the List, the Names, The Room

[lizcrosssmith]

No: HPFGUIDX 67667

> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, EnsTren at a... wrote:
> > > What about "ARGH!" Moments?  When you just want to throtle the 
> > > character because they are being stupid?  
> > Jess
> 
> bboy_mn:
> 
> When Umbridge caught the D.A.'s coming out of the room and brought
> Harry to Dumbledore's office where she presented the list of names 
of
> Dumbledore's Army as evidents, I couldn't understand why they 
didn't
> use the most obvious explaination to discredit that piece of 
evidence.
> 
> It's the 'Room of REQUIREMENTS'! It's a room that manufactures or
> creates what ever you require. ...

My Thoughts:

Obviously it would have, as bboy_mn wrote, "blown the whole story 
line", but every time they are late getting out, I wonder why they 
don't "require" secret back door passages that lead safely to the 
common rooms or to just outside the three houses.  Especially with 
Fred and George there: I can't believe that they wouldn't have 
exploited a room like that for all it's worth -- once they 
understood it.  And for that matter, what are the limitations of the 
old Room of Requirements?  I mean, Harry really needs SB back, and 
for that matter his folks back too, but I can't imagine they'd 
appear in the room no matter how many times he paced in front of the 
door.  But couldn't it maybe have made a secure fireplace for Harry 
to use?  

Which brings me to the potential uses of this room . . . Maybe all 
the kids are better people than I am, but upon learning how this 
room works, I am pretty sure I would have "required" myself a 
Firebolt, a couple thousand galleons, and one of those cool trunks 
Mad-Eye Moody has.  

Liz  -- Mind you if this was when I was fifteen, the Room of 
Requirements would have immediately dropped a back stage passe to an 
Adam Ant concert at my feet.  I'm pretty sure I walked around oozing 
that requirement! :-)