[HPforGrownups] Why put the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets in a girl's bathroom?

[Rai-chan:>]

No: HPFGUIDX 88293

vmonte writes:


>Just a thought here.  Why did Salazar put the COS in a girl's 
>bathroom?  Was he specifically waiting for a female heir to open the 
>chamber?  Was the choice of Ginny (instead of another Weasley) random 
>or intentional?  Are the Weasley's descendants of Slytherin?  And 
>have they made the choice (like Harry did) to be more like 
>Gryffindor?  
>


I don't think Salazar Slytherin intentionally put the CoS in a girl's bathroom. As I remembered from the book, Hogwarts was founded over a thousand years ago...so probably it was not a bathroom before. The builders probably couldn't open the door that led to the CoS so they'd just laid the foundation over it. 

As for the girl theory, it was Lucius Malfoy who picked Ginny Weasley as Riddle's victim maybe because Ginny's still a freshman and was the most vulnerable (or she's the nearest when HP's group and Lucius and Draco Malfoy met at the Diagon Alley). I don't think he's waiting for a female heir since Tom Riddle (aka Lord Voldemort) is already the heir of Slytherin. Ginny was just the victim who was mind-controlled by Tom to eliminate the roosters which crowing is lethal to the serpent, or probably controlling her to speak parseltounge to command the serpent whom to kill. Also, he's using her to revived his former self...

"It looked bad, all right ... but the longer Riddle stood there, 
the more life was dwindling out of Ginny ... and in the meantime, 
Harry noticed suddenly, Riddle's outline was becoming clearer, 
more solid .... If it had to be a fight between him and Riddle, 
better sooner than later"
                                - Harry Potter and the CoS p316


And these are just my theories:

The Weasley might be a descendant of Slytherin. Not direct but a distant descendant because the Weasley's are purebloods, right? 

I think all students at Hogwarts were given a choice to where they want to be placed. The Sorting hat's merely suggesting where house your abilities could be enhanced the best.


                                                                   Rai-chan:>





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