That "certain room" JKR mentioned

[mystically_mad]

ok well I suppose I will join but I am keeping my sigy as it is. I will write something about it in there though.
Well it could be that the room gives you what you need at that moment in time. I think it would be funny as well.

[Essbee]

Okydoky. In that case, Mystically_Mad, I dub you a fully-fledged member of the Order of the Ostrich!

<taps on should with wand>

Arise!

Getting back on topic then...

If she doesn't reveal it in book five then I will get antsy for sure... But at least then this thread will keep going! Hehe. We should print it off and send it to JK in an envelope, I wonder what she'd think of us!

There's always the possibility of every picture being a doorway of sorts, though I doubt they all are. Talking about the portraits, I'm sure that if the chamberpot room does exist then the paintings will know where it is. Gossip and all.

[mystically_mad]

(Cool so what do I do now?)
Yeah, I bet they do. And the statues and armour and all them. I wonder if Peeves knows.

[Essbee]

I think Peeves would know. But he wouldn't tell anyone, in fact I think he'd find it hilariously funny if he knew about this room and not even the teachers did...

Um, not much. Enjoy the knowledge that you are a member? Did you have something more exciting in mind?

[Moony]

Originally posted by Essbee (original post)
Wouldn't it be funny if it was though? Although why JK would want to spend an hour in a room ful of vintage chamber pots I cannot imagine!

Well it could be the Chamber pot room because DD said he was heading to the bathroom. Chamber pots are toilets from the old days, and thats what he needed. The room probably gives you what you need at the moment.... so JKR wouldnt be going there necessarilary for chamber pots, but for what she needs. It makes sense

[~BrandyTook~]

Interesting theory Moony! That's a possibility that makes sense.

I've been wondering about this quote too ever since I first saw it. I doubt it has anything to do with the chamberpots themselves though. I don't see how that would ever fit into the story. Unless Moony's theory is correct. But chamberpots seem of no use. Just my opinion.

I do wonder about this room and why it's so important. If JK really wants to go there, it must be something really important or something really cool.

[Muse]

Okay, something else just came to me...

JK Rowling--->Books---->Library?

What about the library? Maybe the magical property is like the shifting staircases in the castle--shifting shelves to other hidden rooms or tunnels?

Geez, I feel like we're discussing something akin to "Clue" now.

Oh and I just also remembered--what about Snape's potion room? Didn't he have a separate room from his classroom to store other potions that Moody/Crouch Jr had "investigated" in GoF? If the classroom is in the dungeons, who knows what else is down there?

[jaedi]

Maybe the paintings in the Triwizard room lead into that other dimension that JK was talking about that is revealed in Book 5. Maybe it has to do with the OotP and fighting Voldemort. It could be a secret way to communicate withour Voldemort or Fudge figuring it out.

Essbee, count me in the OotO!!

[sugarquill]

I like your idea too Moony+, that and the kitchen are my current favorites.

[Essbee]

Still sticking with the Triwizard room, but your theory does make sense Moony.

Jaedi, I've sent you your membership details...

[whizbang121]

Originally posted by mystically_mad (original post)
(Cool so what do I do now?)
Yeah, I bet they do. And the statues and armour and all them. I wonder if Peeves knows.

Peeves!

How much does Peeves know exactly? And about what?!

[Essbee]

I think that Peeves probably knows a great number of the secrets of Hogwarts. After all, he'd find it very funny to know things that the teachers didn't. And he's always sneaking around, so he could hear stuff, and who knows how long he's been at Hogwarts - long enough to find out loads of stuff about the castle I should think!

[FirefightingMuggle]

Moony-good thought on the Chamber Pot room! I always thought that would be the room! But if it's magical property is that it gives you what you need at the moment, then it would be very very useful to Harry in the future. It works kind of like the Mirror of Erised, only you don't just see what you desire, you actually get it! Woah--wait, I can see this being a bad thing too. Maybe this will one of the things that reflect the choice between what is right and what is easy?

[Essbee]

I'm sure I read somewhere that someone said that JK had told us that we hadn't seen the last of the Mirror of Erised. Maybe it's kept in that room? Or controlling the room somehow?

[jaedi]

Hmmmm ..... maybe Dumbledore wasn't just making a reference to the chamberpot room to prove a point ot Karkaroff. Maybe he wanted Harry to know that it still existed. A piece of knowledge that might help him in the future. Maybe it will have to something with Dumbledore telling him everything about his parents and Voldemort etc... (Remember seeing his parents in the mirror...)

[Myrddin]

Re: Mugglenet's rephrasing.

I can kind of see where they get it from. In order for a room to possess powers that Harry hasn't realised he more or less has to have been there in order to not realise those powers.

[mystically_mad]

I can see where they get it from too.

[whizbang121]

But if Harry has to have been in it, that let's out the chamber pot room, a major contender.

[Essbee]

I still reckon it's the triwizard room.

But he might not have been in it. He's got to know about it to not know about it's magical properties, you can know about things and not have been there. Like Harry knows about Azkaban, but he's never been there (at least we assume not!)

[whizbang121]

Exactly!
Now if I could just pick a room. I keep coming back to the kitchen. House elves. Food. disgruntledness. Food. Enslavement. Food.