[HPforGrownups] Lucius' Influence/Muggle Magic/Barty Jr!Moody Teaching Ha...

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In a message dated 12/22/02 7:46:45 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
corsa808 at yahoo.com writes:


> At the end of GoF, when Barty Jr. was given the Veritaserum, he mentions the 
> Marauder's Map and says that Harry saw Crouch's name (in Snape's office) 
> and just thought it was the Sr. That leads me to think that, even tho he 
> was taking the Polyjuice Potion, his real name would show up on the Map, 
> right? Maybe that can be filed under the burning question of how come 
> nobody ever discovered PP's name as PP!Scabbers on the Map...Or did he not 
> drink the Potion for a short 
> time so that he really *was* Crouch Jr.? 

       This is one of the most interesting questions up for debate here. I'm 
relatively new, too, and have gathered that it's been debated frequently. let 
me take a stab at it. If my theory has been used before, I apologize to 
anyone I've accidentally swiped it from...

       First, I wonder how the Twins *learned* to operate the Map. Then, with 
the revelation of PP/Wormtail's identity, I wondered if, perhaps, something 
[or someone] might have whispered a clue while the were dreaming one night...

       Then, I began to wonder about the Map itself. It seems to have several 
levels of use. The Map that becomes so useful to the Twins, the Trio, and 
then to Crouch!Moody. So, I wonder if, in fact the Map doesn't have a third 
level. What if MWPP set it up to conceal their names or their own positions? 
Perhaps there's a level that only one of the Marauders can activate. 
PP/Wormtail would have made sure to give the Twins only the level that would 
not reveal the Marauders. Lupin, however, would have used the level that 
would show the Marauders, since he like everyone else in the WW believed that 
Black was a villain. the Map gave him the chance to monitor for his old 
buddy, an edge in guarding Harry from a 'known-to-be-insane murderer'. And, 
it succeeded in that, when it revealed PP/Wormtail.

       Cheryl


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