[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and the Deathstick

[Liz P]

No: HPFGUIDX 181679

Ross wrote:
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3. Voldemort, back in the day when he was Tom Riddle, was 
widely recognized, even by those like Dumbledore who was 
very early on leery of him, as very bright, a quick study. 
And yet Harry believes, and we are supposed to believe with 
him, that on entering--and this is as an adult, having 
traveled the world and become very powerful--the Room of 
Requirement to hide the diadem, that Voldemort believes 
he's the only one in the many centuries history of Hogwarts 
who has figured out how to enter the Room. <snip>  Is that really reasonable?


Liz:
I believe it's all in the phrasing. Harry asked to be shown where all the students through the years have left their stuff. TR might not have used the same phrasing. He might've asked for a room where he could hide something and everything else wouldn't have been there. Think of the other times they've used the room, all that stuff isn't always there.