[HPforGrownups] Re: Marauder's Map problem

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 17026

Magda Grantwich wrote:

> -- Denise R <gypsycaine at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > How about one more step in this direction?  They only appear to
> > other "Marauders?"  Hence, Pettigrew, Lupin or Sirius would not
> > appear to Snape, but if Lupin had the map, he'd instantly know
> > Pettigrew or Sirius were about!
>
> In PoA, Snape went charging out the castle door to the Whomping Willow
> because he saw the Map on Lupin's desk.  If he couldn't see Sirius or
> Lupin, why did he go after H, H & R?

It's been a while since I read this. Suggestions--
1. He knew Lupin hadn't taken his potion and was not in his office, and
could be dangerous.
2. He knew what the Shack had been used for before, and it just dawned
on him that it might be in use again
3. Harry, Ron, and Hermione, irritating though they are, could be
walking into the same situation he was almost in, confronting a
full-grown werewolf.
4. He pretty clearly believed that Lupin was helping Sirius, and in
addition to saving the three kids and teaching them a bit of humility
and gratitude when he pulled their fat out of the fire, he might be able
to catch the dangerous murderer, too, *and* show Dumbledore that *he*
had been right about Lupin all along!

So I think he considered that the "troika" might be in danger from
Lupin, and followed for that main reason, with all the other added
bennies acting as extra incentive.

--Amanda, who is very attracted to the intricacies of Snape's character
but on the whole would rather party with Fred and George


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