The Marauder's Map (Formerly "Re: Scabbers")

[Ellimist15 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 4647

> 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

It's a great theory, (it's far better than any of mine) but it still doesn't 
quite work. Snape says that he saw Lupin heading for the willow from the map. 
Because Lupin was a marauder, Snape shouldn't have been able to see him.

Oh, and on a completely unrelated note, I just wanted to thank Steve! The 
link from the Lexicon has made my site more popular than I ever could have 
dreamed. I got over one thousand hits just today! ::hugs Steve::

Ellie Rosenthal
http://www.geocities.com/cornishpixie7/harryp/