Magical Rooms

[corinthum]

No: HPFGUIDX 53770

David wrote:
 
> The question is, what is the status of the quote.  We have no way of 
> knowing whether it refers to a central mystery, or just what JKR 
> would like to visit.  IOW, was she dangling an important plot-
> related issue before the readers, or just taking the question 
> literally?
> 
> It's part of a reply to a question about what JKR would like to do, 
> given an hour at Hogwarts.
> 
> We have to remember that places *we* would like to visit because 
> they contain concealed mysteries hold no mystery for JKR, so she 
> would have no reason to visit them.  Whereas, if one of the 
> properties of the kitchen is to create your favourite food 
> instantly, then that might be a throwaway comment in terms of the 
> plot, but still be top of JKR's list.


I agree completely.  This has always been my chief reason for
disagreeing with the Chamber Pot room as a candidate.  Although the
"gives you what you need" theory is intriguing, it begs the question:
Is there something that JKR feels she desperately needs?  At all
times?  Her answer didn't seem limited to that very moment, whereas
the Chamber Pot room would very in its usefulness depending on a
person's needs.  Also, it doesn't seem like the sort of room one would
just hang out in, but rather a place one would go at a specific time
of need.  

The idea of the Antechamber holding a potrait of Lily or some similar
magic that allows Harry to discover more about his past has the same
shortcomings: Why would JKR have any need to converse with her own
characters?  She is the omnipotent, all-knowing one in Potterverse, so
I think something like this would be pretty boring for her. 

As the the room being the Gryffindor Common Room, the only problem is
that JKR specifically says that the room is mentioned in GoF.  I take
this to mean that the room was not mentioned previous to this.

Which leaves my vote with either the Prefects' Bathroom or the
Kitchen.  Decisions, decisions...

-Corinth