Room of Requirements and the discovery of the DA

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 167491

---  "va32h" <va32h at ...> wrote:
>
> ---  "Peggy Kern" <kernsac@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > ... Order of the Phoenix, ...  After the first DA 
> > meeting, when they left the Room of Requirement, 
> > ...the door turns back into ... wall when they 
> > leave.  But after they've been warned by Dobby and
> > they all run out of the room, the door is obviously
> > still there, because Pansy goes in and finds the 
> > list of DA members.  Why didn't the door disappear 
> > when they left this time?  ...
> 
> 
> va32h:
> 
> ... 
> 
> As for Pansy Parkinson being able to enter the room 
> - once the Inquisitorial Squad knew what to ask the 
> Room to become (i.e. "I need to find the headquarters
> of the DA") then they could find it. 
> 
> va32h
>

bboyminn:

I think VA23H has the right idea. I think this aspect of
the event was intentionally constructed to contrast with
Harry's later attempts to find Draco in the Room. Draco
and his gang knew exactly what to look for and what to
ask for to get that specific room to appear. Harry on
the other hand only had a general idea of what Draco
was doing, and therefore couldn't make a specific 
enough request.

So, I go along with that idea, but I'm wondering if there
is another aspect to it. I'm drawn back to my previous
discussion of the Unbreakable Vow and who or what is 
the final arbiter of the Vow. With respect to the Room,
the Room disappears when it is no longer needed, but
who or what decides when it is truly no longer needed?

I ponder the possibility that they may have rushed out
of the Room so fast that no one remembered to /Close 
The Door/. If the door remained opened that implied that
someone was going to return, therefore the Room would 
continue to remain accessible. 

Both are possible, and though the second is the first 
thing that jumped into my mind. I think the first 
suggestion by VA32H is probably more likely.

Just rambling on.

Steve/bboyminn