Passwords (was: Re: Snape - a werewolf bigot??)

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 170117

> Amis917:
> It is possible, I suppose, that each house has something different 
> set up. Gryffindor uses the portriat to create the passwords. One 
> would think that the passwords might have to be approved, but maybe 
> not.  I don't have CoS handy, so I can't check on what exactly 
> happens when Harry and Ron enter the Slytherin common room.

zgirnius:
I always thought the Fat Lady made up the passwords. (Though I like 
the idea Hermione suggested one for Neville - but she could have 
suggested it to the Fat Lady).

Slytherin does not have a portrait at their entrance, though, so they 
would have to have something else set up. Their entrance is in the 
dungeon, and looks just like the wall of the corridor until the 
password is spoken.

> CoS, "Polyjuice Potion":
> Malfoy paused by a stretch of bare, damp stone wall. "What's the 
new password again?" he said to Harry. "Oh yeah - pure-blood!" said 
Malfoy, not listening, and a stone door concealed in the wall slid 
open.

zgirnius:
Pure blood, of course, is a canon selection criterion for membership 
in the house.