Scabbers

[Joywitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 4489

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Angela Boyko <aboyko at n...> wrote:
> Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer wrote:
> 
> > Caius Marcius wrote:
> > 
> > > Now surely, as one of the authors of the Marauders' Map, Peter 
would
> > > have
> > > known what precautions to take to prevent his name from showing 
up on
> > > the
> > > Map.
> > 
> > But, Lupin found him on it.  Are you suggesting that he 
(Scabbers) just
> > "slipped up" when Lupin spied him on the Map in PoA?  Lupin also 
says
> > that the "Map never lies."  I don't know that Pettigrew could have
> > prevented himself from showing up on it.
> 
> Perhaps the authors of the map were only visible to each other ... 
the
> map wouldn't have lied, but concealed Peter's presence to everyone 
but a
> fellow author?
> 
> Angela "Hi, I'm new" Boyko

Wow!  Ingenous theory, I like it!  It fits in with the personality of 
the Marauders as teenagers, fits in with the plot, and clears up what 
seems to be a plot hole.  Welcome to the group Angela, and keep the 
brilliant deductions coming!

-- Joywitch