[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape and the Marauders' Map

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 12757

naama_gat at hotmail.com wrote:

> Being a squib, Filch wouldn't have been able to figure the map out; to
> activate the map you need to use a wand, and to use a wand, you need
> to have magical powers.

And the map had a "programmed" response to a magical "assault" such as
Snape attempted; presumably if people with the *ahem* right
intentions--i.e., using the map for its intended purposes--came along
and asked it what it did, it would tell them how to use it. It's magic,
it could tell.

--Amanda


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