Question about the Room of Requirement

[lazyvix3n]

No: HPFGUIDX 137726

I think that the reason that Draco and his cronies were able to find
the DA's version of the RoR was that Cho's friend Marietta had told
them where they were and that the room probably wasn't even hidden. In
OOtP though the other DA member's just knocked gently on the door, so
presumably it just wasn't hidden at that time, maybe this was part of
it's 'requirement' that it stayed visible for all those Harry wanted
to enter, and maybe Harry taught everyone how to find it if it wasn't
there, maybe, and more likely, it was permenantly visible.

My thoughts on why Harry couldn't find Draco's version of the Room was
because Draco was actually in the Room for hiding things, which would
naturally stay hidden until someone wanted to hide something. After
all that was where the Broken Cabinet was when Harry hid the HBP's
potion book and it was there that Trewlawny found Malfoy when she was
hiding Sherry bottles. If Harry at some point had gone back to
retrieve the potions book, he might have found Malfoy there fixing the
cabinet.


Mandy

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "demetra1225" <tzakis1225 at n...>
wrote:
> The Lexicon describes the Room of Requirement as a magical room which 
> can only be discovered by someone who is in need.  The room will 
> appear when someone walks past the wall three times while 
> concentrating on what they need. 
> 
> We know that in OotP, The DA used the room for meetings.  The room 
> stocked itself with useful books and objects one would use for DADA 
> lessons.  
> In OotP, Chapter 27, the Inquisitorial Squad discovered the DA had 
> been using the room.  They found the room and the list of all of the 
> members hanging on the wall.  I recall some theories that because the 
> I.S. needed some evidence against the DA, the room provided it for 
> them.
> 
> However, in Chapter 21 of HPB, we see Harry trying to get the room to 
> appear to show him what Draco was up to.  The door to the room never 
> appears.  
> 
> Why doesn't the room give Harry what he needs?  Was what he requested 
> not specific enough?  Is it because Harry didn't *need* to know what 
> Draco was up to, he only *wants* to know?  
> Or does the room not allow people to see what other's are using it 
> for?  But if that is the case, why did the room allow the I.S. to see 
> what the DA was up to, but not allow Harry to see what Draco was up 
> to?   
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Demetra