Prank Theory! (was Re: Marauder's Map)

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No: HPFGUIDX 48732

Melpomene Says something that triggers a theory:

> 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.

Holy sh*t! i just had a PRANK THEORY to appeal to Sirius apologists and Snape 
lovers alike.

So, what says that the map *wasn't* part of the prank?  you said that you 
thought it the first time you read it, and if there was something to 
contradict that, then disregard this post...

But what is the Map wasn't just part of the Prank (or one of many lesser 
jokes played by MWPP on Severus), What if it WAS the prank?

So, Sirius has the map; Lupin has gone into the Shrieking shack for his 
transformation; Severus and Sirius fight over it... Sirius gets angry and 
walks away, but leaves the map out for severus to see... possibly tuned to 
the whomping willow?  Severus sees the little figure prodding the knot in the 
wood and sees the passage to lupin...

remember, mel paraphrased:

"Lupin telling Harry that the mapmakers would "have 
wanted to *lure you out*...*they'd have found it amusing*". (my 
emphasis)"

Maybe sirius and map!sirius were on the same page on this one?

I know there's a big hole in this theory, but I've got a mental block about 
it right now

-Scheherazade, the mad


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