The Marauder's Map, Again (was: Re: Snape knew about the passageway)

[Jennifer Boggess Ramon]

No: HPFGUIDX 34819

At 8:49 PM -0600 2/6/02, Amanda wrote:
>
>   ----->this is Amanda now.
>   I want to point out, to no particular end, that the Marauder's Map 
>itself may be a red herring. It has made us focus on the passageways 
>to such an extent that we have forgotten there may be others that 
>not even the marauders found (as witnessed by the Chamber of 
>Secrets).

Which brings up a couple of points I've always wondered about:

1) Presumably the Chamber and its waterslide passageway are _not_ on 
the Map.  (If they were, Gred and Forge would have known about them 
during the events of CoS.)  What would someone watching the Map see 
when someone entered the passage behind the sink?  Would they simply 
"fall off" the Map, or would their dot hover uncomfortably in Moaning 
Myrtle's bathroom?  If the latter, it must have been awfully crowded 
in there (on the map) during the book's climax.

2) Would Riddle have ever appeared on the map?  Ghosts do (at least, 
Peeves does) - is the "spirit" in the book strong enough to show up?

3) Did Voldemort appear on the map when he was riding Quirrell's 
skull?  I assume not, since I can't think of a reason for the Twins 
to not use the map during that year - but why not?  How foolable is 
the map?

I can't find any evidence in the books for any of these.  None of 
them are plotbreakers - the Twins just might not be very observant, 
just like they never happenned to look for Scabbers on the map.  But 
I still wonder . . .

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  - Boggles, aka J. C. B. Ramon			boggles at earthlink.net
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