Marauder's Map

[melclaros <melclaros@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48720

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Susan McGee" <Schlobin at a...> 
wrote:
> 
> So, how come the map recognizes Snape and insults him? Because
> the four Marauders set it up to do that in case their schoolmate
> Snape ever tried to use the map.
> 
And this is what I've been thinking all along:
I'm reaching here... perhaps really reaching and might have to dodge 
canon fire, but I was skimming that section of POA the other day for 
some reason and ONCE AGAIN (I thought this the first time I read it) 
got the distinct impression that Snape knew *exactly* who had created 
the map in the 1st place. THAT's why he called Lupin, although he was 
lucky to have, in Harry's presence the "cover" of Lupin's DADA 
position. (Snape to Lupin: "don't you think he got it *directly from 
the manufacturers?*"--JKR's emphasis) which was followed shortly 
thereafter by Lupin telling Harry that the mapmakers would "have 
wanted to *lure you out*...*they'd have found it amusing*". (my 
emphasis) I thought the first time I read this the the MMap was part 
of "the prank" and the reason it is so "tuned in" to Snape is because 
it was designed to be that way in the first place.
That may not have been it's SOLE purpose, but I'm pretty convinced it 
was one of it's primary ones.

Melpomene