[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape & the Map (was The Worst of Severus Snape)

[Brian Yoon]

No: HPFGUIDX 32701

From: virtualworldofhp <virtualworldofhp at yahoo.com>

> What I've never understood is how Snape suspects what Harry is holding
> is the Map.  Well, granted he may not know exactly that the piece of
> parchment was the Marauder's Map, but something about it obviously
> drew his suspicions.  What was the "direct from the manufacturers"
> comment?  Lupin always gave me the impression that absolutely *NO
> ONE*, save the Marauders themselves, knows/knew about the Map, so

Here's my go at a theory on that:

The Map had already been confiscated once.  Even though the authorities
never actually figured it out (I still wonder how the Weasley twins did), it
might have been involved in some mischief beforehand to warrant being taken.
Perhaps Snape had been involved in an accident with the Map before?  He
might just think it was Dark Magic, as he accused it of being.

He might not have known it was a Map until he actually saw it on Lupin's
desk.
(The fact that Lupin knows how to use a "Dark" artifact might have in fact,
closed any doubts Snape had about Lupin's innocence in the Sirius affair.)

Seiryuu
aka Brian Yoon
AIM: Akodo Brian