Marauder's Map

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No: HPFGUIDX 4533

Jeremy wrote:

> A similar problem is this: how come RL didn't notice that Harry
> & Hermione were on the map twice? It never lies, after all...

It never lies, but does it show the reader everything it could show?  
I think someone else implied that if the map doesn't show something, 
it isn't actually lying, it's just not telling. 

As I mentioned earlier, there is evidence that the map has a mind of 
its own.  Perhaps it tunes in to the thoughts of the reader and shows 
what the reader needs to see.  Lupin could see Pettigrew because he 
knew Pettigrew was an Animagus.  Maybe Harry et al only saw Scabbers 
because that's how they knew him.

Neil