New thought, old topic

[cynthiaanncoe at home.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 24821

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> cynthiaanncoe at h... wrote:
> 
> > Devika, I think you are onto something there.  But then again, 
Filch
> > wouldn't have confiscated the map unless Snape ratted on Sirius.
> 
> What, are you nuts? Filch would confiscate it if they sneezed too
> loudly. Or if he'd had a bad day. Or if he'd had a good day and they
> looked likely to spoil it. Or if they'd served something Filch 
didn't
> like for lunch. Etc.
> 
> --Amanda

Amanda, I had something different in mind.  Devrika wrote, "In PoA, 
Lupin tells Harry that he happens to know that the 
Marauder's Map was confiscated by Filch many years ago.  Is it 
possible that  Filch took the Map after the joke?  I responded no, 
because that would require Snape to have ratted on Sirius.

My point is that Filch wouldn't know about the map's role in the joke 
unless Snape told him, and therefore couldn't confiscate it on that 
basis alone.  Now if Filch learned about it in some other way, then 
of course he'd confiscate it.  I just don't think the trigger for the 
confiscation was the joke.

Cindy
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