Point of Order: "The Marauders"

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 53430

Richard, I agree with almost every word you wrote.  I hate the 
term "Marauders" <contemplates searching 40,000 messages to see if 
she's ever been guilty of it> and am fond of the precision of 
properly-used apostrophes.  I cringe at fics that leave Peter out of 
the group, or make him out to be an obvious coward/idiot/DE wannabe 
at age 15, because they completely undermine the essential point that 
he was a trusted friend who betrayed that trust.  And I am, of 
course, a LOON, and warmly welcome you to our precise little fiefdom.

The only dissenting squeak I will make is that MWPP couldn't have 
considered the term "Marauder" to be *completely* unapplicable to 
their personae, or they wouldn't have called the map that they 
designed and used "The Marauder's Map."  They'd have called it "The 
Mischief-Maker's Map," or the like.  They did not, in short, *object* 
to the term "Marauder."

But yes, point taken:  the title of the map is not a key to the name 
of the gang, if name there was.

Amy Z