Honeydukes Tunnel - Was:Re: 12 OWLs/CanOpener/....

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 143423

CH3ed:
> I hadn't thought that Hogmeade could have been included to Hogwarts 
> ground. :O) Interesting idea! It would make sense to have an escape 
> route. But I would think it would be a route to escape out of the 
> castle rather than in since the password protection is required to 
get 
> in the tunnel from Hogwarts end, but not when you come in from 
> Honeydukes(tho the entrance in the cellar is designed to be hard to 
> find).

Ceridwen:
I can't imagine why they would want to escape from a secure castle, 
into an unsecure town.  It would make more sense the other way 
around.  The password would have been put on the Hogwarts side of the 
tunnel to keep students from hoofing off to town when they weren't 
supposed to (The password might even have been placed on the Hogwarts 
side of the tunnel after Wizarding secrecy had been enacted into 
law).  In an emergency, the people would have better use of their 
time, IMO, than standing around giving the password on the Honeydukes 
side, they would be fleeing for their lives and safety.

I doubt if we'll ever get an explanation for it, unless someone asks 
JKR outright.  So, I guess it's to each his or her own.

Ceridwen.