LV & room of requirement

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 187232

--- "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
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> Susan Curcio wrote:
> > >
> > > Tried to find this question answered, haven't had any luck:
> > > 
> > > When LV found the room of requirement, how could he have thought only he knew of it, with the thousands of things already hidden in it?
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> bboyminn responded:
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> > Remember that Tom Riddle went to Hogwart's and indeed did find more of its secrets than any other students; consider the 'Chamber of Secrets'. 
> > 
> > I think on one hand, it was sheer arrogance. He believed the room sense his immense magical power and reveal itself to him. He, the greatest wizard of all, has learned another of Hogwarts secrets. 
> > 
> > Now, when he actually went into the room, it became clear that centuries of 'someone or other' has been hiding junk there. 
> > 
> > ...
> <snip>
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> Carol responds:
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> I'm not so sure. It seems clear from his thoughts when he discovers that at least one Horcrux is missing that Voldemort thought and still thinks that he's the only one who found the room.
> 
> Harry, who desperately needs to hide the HBP's Potions book from Snape ... instinctively knows that many others have done the same thing before him ... Voldemort, OTOH, doesn't identify anyone and can't imagine anyone in the same predicament as himself--having to hide a Horcrux--so, he interprets the room as having assembled itself for his sole benefit, ...
>

bboyminn:

I never thought of it that way before. So, Voldemort assumes all the junk in the room was provided by the room as cover within which to hide his object. In a sense, the junk was camouflage to help hide his Horcrux.

That actually makes a lot of sense, and keep Voldemort's view consistent. 

Still, you are right, Harry figures out the truth in a blink.

Steve/bboyminn