Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and the Deathstick

[rlevatter]

No: HPFGUIDX 181683

> 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.

Ross:

Well, that's an interesting argument, Liz, and I admit it's hard
to say something's "not possible" when magic is involved. But it
seems to me that if Voldemort put the diadem in A ROOM, and Harry,
in hiding the Potions book, puts it in A ROOM next to the diadem.
Then Harry and Voldemort have been to the SAME room. This room
is big enough and filled with enough things that Malfoy and his
cronies can fight Ron, Hermione, and Harry in it. Granted the
room can become many other rooms as needed--like the Defense
Against the Dark Arts classroom--but I'm thinking when it's
the room kids hide stuff in, it's the same room for all of
them; how else could Harry find the diadem he hadn't hidden
in it? So my question remains: how could Voldemort reasonably
believe the room was his find alone when it's FULL OF STUFF?