Sneakoscopes (was Unanswered questions)

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 39547

I, Grey Wolf, possibly motivated by loyalty to my ever-so-loyal role 
model Remus said:
> The sneakoscopes don't work at schools: Moody said so, and stands 
> to reason. The smaller versions of it aren't trustable enough. 

David answered:  
> ...and we are supposed to believe him?  
<snip examples of sneakoscopes working>
> So, really, I think Prefectmarcus' question does stand 
> 
> David

You're actually providing canon for my theory, which is that the 
snekoscopes are *too* well tuned: they will act at any sort of 
impulse. For example, Scabbers wasn't thinking of anything in 
particular, I'm sure, so the sneakoscope is just a tad too sensitive. 
In a school, it *stands to reason* that it would always sense someone 
being sneaky. Even if it was Evil!Moody talking, I don't think he 
told a single lie in the whole year (although I'm not 100% sure on 
this, I do believe that he liked double-edged statements, which are 
harder to detect than outright lies, since they're not *lies* as 
such), and remember that his gadgets were tuned for him, Evil!Moody, 
not for Real!Moody (the mirror, for example, showed *his* enmies, not 
the enemies of the poor man in the trunk.

Myself again:
> All these malevolent questions, and his thirst for trying to find 
> flints instead of solving them surely puts him in Slytherin, don't 
> you think? ;-)

Marcus:
> You say that as if it were a bad thing. :-(
>
> Marcus 

Of course not! Thise questions fit only in Ravenclaw (thirst for 
knowledge) and Slytherin, and the general tone of subversiveness I 
felt puts you (IMO) in Slytherin. That's not bad, if you want to be 
an evil overlord, be so, by all means (just remeber the 100 things 
you should do if you're one: http://eviloverlord.com). I'm a wolf. I 
like blood (especially when hot, and directly from the jugular). I'm 
not the one to judge. ;-)

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf