Marauder's Map

[eloiseherisson at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 48715

In a message dated 23/12/2002 11:00:42 GMT Standard Time, corsa808 at yahoo.com 
writes:


> 
> Yet another question: How did Crouch Jr-as-Moody know how to operate 
> [the Marauder's Map] That has probably been discussed before so no need to 
> answer...
> 

I'm not sure that it has, actually. I was wondering the same thing myself the 
other day, until I recalled that the Map was already activated at the time 
that Crouch-Moody took posession of it. I presume that as he didn't know how 
to wipe it clean, he just kept it in its active state.

Like Cheryl, what I *would* like to know, however, is how the twins learned 
to operate it. My theory is that it recognised suitable owners in Fred and 
George and instructed them in its use.

When they found it in Filch's filing cabinet was it active, or inactivated? 
If it was inactive, how did Filch know it was "highly dangerous"?
If it was active, why didn't Filch use it himself in his constant war against 
the students, instead of filing it away? Surely it would have been 
exceedingly tempting for a Squib with such an insatiable desire to get 
students into trouble to have in his control such a useful and powerful piece 
of magic.

~Eloise


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