Deathly Hallows Book Discussion **LoTs Of Spoilers**

[innerSpaceman]

You mean all those 50,000 students and staffers really thought they were the only ones using the Hiding Room? All of them were maroons, not just Tom Riddle?


It's one think to posit that proto-Voldemort was a blithering idiot, but to ascribe that same stupidity to tons of people is a bit of a stretch.



Because as soon as one person thinks 'hmmm, I wonder if someone else has ever hidden something in the RofR?' ... the jig's up.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

You mean all those 50,000 students and staffers really thought they were the only ones using the Hiding Room? All of them were maroons, not just Tom Riddle?

I'm now on the fence whether I buy it or not. I had forgotten, the first time Harry found the room, thinking, "I need somewhere to hide something", the Room of Requirement showed him an empty room. And when he thought, "I need the room where I hid that," it showed him a room with just that item. So if that's all he (or Riddle) ever did, they might think not realize that there's a third option, the, "Show me everything" option. I guess the question is, how much of a logical leap is that? Did all of them perhaps think, "I asked for a place to hide stuff, therefore the room it gave me can't be found by anyone else," never really prompting them to think of another way to ask for the room? Perhaps....perhaps.