Snape and the Marauders' Map

[absinthe at mad.scientist.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 12158

"Amy Z"  wrote:
> Amanda wrote:
> 
> >And I *still* would like to know if Snape knew the Marauder's 
> nicknames, i.e.,
> >if he knew who was talking to him. If he did, it seems he'd be more 
> specific in
> >his questions to Lupin and less bamboozle-able in the way Lupin 
swept 
> everyone out of his office. If
> >he didn't, why would he ask Lupin that question about the 
> manufacturers? Very
> >odd scene.
> 
> I wondered about this for a long time--wrote a whole post asking 
about 
> it--thought I figured it out while writing so didn't send 
> post--wondered some more.
> 
> Here's what I've decided:
> 
> -Snape does know that Moony is Lupin's nickname.  Maybe he knows the 
> others, maybe not.
>    Evidence:  why else does he make that "direct from the 
> manufacturers" comment?  He thinks Harry got the map from Lupin, or 
> from his dad, or something.
> 
> -Snape doesn't come right out and accuse Lupin of making the map in 
> front of Harry, instead using veiled language, because he doesn't 
want 
> Harry to know the whole dynamic.  Professors might hate each other 
and 
> show it, but they still don't have it out right in front of 
students.
> 
> -Lupin plays dumb ("looks like a Zonko product to me"), but Snape 
> knows he made the map, and Lupin knows he knows, and Snape knows he 
> knows he knows.
> 
> One other thing about the map:  It seems likely from the end of GoF 
> (when Crouch Jr. talks about it) that Dumbledore doesn't know it 
> exists.  Maybe Snape should've told him, hmmm?  Why do you suppose 
he 
> didn't, either after the events of PA or after "The Egg and the 
Eye"? 
>  
> >Here's JKR, saying, here, stand on this little rug. Why am I 
holding 
> the edge of the rug? Oh, never
> >mind....
> 
> ROFL!  (or rather, falling with a painful crash to the floor 
> laughing!)
> 
> Amy Z

I think Snape knows EXACTLY who Moony, Prongs, Padfoot and Wormtail 
were! Notice he summoned Lupin into his office. I think Snape was 
trying to get Harry to tell him that Lupin gave him the map in order 
to implicate Lupin in some sort of Sirius Black conspiracy and 
discredit Lupin. 

:-)Milz