Marauder's Map

[Flying Ford Anglia]

No: HPFGUIDX 4549

Amanda wrote:
 
<<<The Marauders did know Snape, after all, but this hardly seems 
like a situation they'd have included in the map just in case. I 
think it has some discretionary ability.
 
On that note, though, if it only shows dangers to the user, wouldn't 
it *still* have shown Pettigrew? He was/is a danger to Harry.>>>

The taunting of Snape supports the idea of an independent mind.  What 
I'm suggesting in addition to that is that until Harry *knew* 
Scabbers was Pettigrew and that he was a danger to him, he may have 
seen "Scabbers" on the map (if anything) rather than "Pettigrew".  

Perhaps the map warns or indicates dangers, but shows only those 
characters the user knows.  Unfortunately, this doesn't 
explain "Bartemius Crouch" in GoF, but I'll stick with this theory 
for now...oh, yeah, didn't Harry see BC Jnr in the Pensieve? Hmmm.

BTW, can anyone remember the map showing "Scabbers" at any point?

Neil (still thinking of being a horse and, in fact, thinking like a 
horse...)