Posted by Dinah on October 2, 2006, at 10:05:46
In reply to Re: It's not going to be like the prefect's carria » 10derHeart, posted by Jost on October 1, 2006, at 23:34:22
The prefect's carriage (and prefects bathroom) were sort of privileges granted to prefects in Harry Potter. Harry felt left out when Ron and Hermione went to sit in the prefect's carriage, and he had to find other people to sit with. Although he made a new friend in Luna Lovegood. Which is neither here nor there, but was important in plot development.
At any rate, a deputy chat room, the equivilant of a prefect carriage, is not what this is. As gg says, it's more of a conference room. Which is not to say that I approve of Dr. Bob's choices in how to go about this, and think he could have made choices more sensitive to the feelings of others.
I think the two room idea is not necessarily a good one. It's not only confusing, but we've seen the kind of hurt that can arise when people retire there and are less than joyfully welcoming to others that might enter.
Prior experience already would seem to suggest that there should only be one room.
But that's just my opinion, based on what I've seen thus far.
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