Marauder's Map: Getting Your Name in Print

[Elizabeth Dalton]

No: HPFGUIDX 31631

Whirdy attempted to find fault with my (admittedly quite weak) theory:

> However, in PoA, when FG give the map to Harry and swore they were up to no 
> good, Harry noticed the tiny ink dots, each labeled with a name in 
> miniscule writing.  Later H pulled out the map again and saw, to his 
> astonishment, that a new ink figure had appeared upon it, labeled Harry 
> Potter.

Ok, but maybe it only shows the bearer if it has a pre-programmed instruction
for how to get some mischief done? It's a tool designed for a specific purpose,
after all. And the bearer presumably knows where he or she is. It probably did
show Harry, before Fred and George gave it to him.

Elizabeth
(who wonders how the Map deals with nicknames, screen names, and other aliases)