Snape and the Map; Snape's talents

[lucky_kari]

No: HPFGUIDX 34795

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Ev vy" <ev_vy at S...> wrote:
> I'm a bit late on all this, but trying to catch up with all those 
pro and
> con Snape posts took me a lot of time. Just adding two points.
> 
> 1. Snape and the Marauders Map
> I think that there is a very simple explanation why Fred and George 
could
> work the Map so easily. Lupin says that the Map was confiscated. 
Why? If it
> looks as a spare bit of parchment when inactive, then there were no 
grounds
> for confiscating it. It must've been in use, active when taken away 
from
> the Marauders. And when Fred and George were in Filch's office they
> wouldn't go for a piece of empty parchment, so the Map might've been 
still
> active. And the Map itself is very helpful to the user, it gives a 
clue to
> Harry how to use a secret passage. So it might've simply helped F&G 
in
> teaching them how to use it.

If it was active, how come Filch wouldn't be using it? He doesn't seem 
to be one who would put away such an advantage, especially since 
Peeves is shown on the map. On the other hand, perhaps he had been 
using it before Gred and Forge took it, and the dastardly duo struck a 
great blow for the liberty of Hogwarts students in that moment. :-) I 
like that.

And he couldn't very well go to Dumbledore about it, since DD wouldn't 
approve of him using the map. He's probably biding his time, waiting 
to get back the map from the twins when he meets one of them without a 
wand in some dark corridor....

Eileen

PS Why did the twins give Harry the map so quickly, and never care for 
it again? They'd memorized the passages, but that's not what makes the 
map so special.