Marauder's Map

[katzefan at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 24361

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Yis M Koslowitz <tkoz1 at j...> wrote:
> I agree - it's one of JKR's worse plot devices because so much 
could go
> wrong if it is consulted at the wrong time. If I'm not mistaken - 
wasn't
> Moody shown as prowling the corridors on the MM at one 
point? How is that
> possible? He's locked in a trunk.
> Also, if it shows every occupant of the Hogwarts castle, how 
does it deal
> with floors that are on top of each other, or huge crowds of 
students?
> It's not depicted as very big. 
> Robyn, who loves MWPP but hates their map. 


Could it be that the map can't see below the surface? Everyone 
else sees a rat, not Peter Pettigrew; everyone else sees 'Mad-
Eye' Moody, not Barty Crouch Jr. As for the map not knowing the 
'real' Moody was held captive in his trunk, that trunk came across 
as something out of a science-fiction movie: a device that lets 
you access other dimensions. So Moody is being held in a 
dungeon somewhere; the trunk just allows Crouch Jr. to get to 
Moody quickly and with little fuss, to replenish his Polyjuice 
Potion.
Which brings me to my next question: how deep *is* the 
transformation with Polyjuice Potion? Do you take on ALL the 
attributes - internal and external (except psychological; the 
stories so far suggest you retain your own personality) of the 
person you're mimicking? That would make it harder yet to 
determine whether the person in front of you is "the real thing" 
(hello, Coca-Cola) or not.

katzefan <<<<<------- who has *got* to stop wading through these 
messages at 3 a.m.