New thought, old topic

[Kristin]

No: HPFGUIDX 21983

Amanda Lewanski wrote:

> <snip>
I had posted before, eons ago, my problem with this scene--if Snape
> knows who the authors of the map are, then his questions to Lupin   
> seem very odd and veiled and not in character. If he doesn't, how  
> does he know enough to be worried that Harry got the map directly  
> from the manufacturers? I could never resolve this.
> 
> But I had a new thought. Snape pretty clearly does not know *who* 
Moony,Padfoot, Wormtail, and Prongs were.<snip> (a) that Snape knew 
both the names and the character of the mapmakers, and (b) that Snape 
didn't know Lupin himself was one. This implies a bit of past history.
<snip> 
> 

 I think Snape has a pretty good idea of who Moony, Wormtail, 
Padfoot, and Prongs are. He also believes that Remus has been helping 
Sirius all along as evidenced in the Shierking Shack scene. I think 
his line of questioning was designed to try and catch Remus off guard 
so that he mightslip up and reveal something. But Remus was cool as 
ice and probably ended up just making Snape madder. This could be one 
reason why he wouldn't listen to any explinations later on, MWPP have 
made a fool of him too many times. Just my thoughts.


Cheers,
       Kristin