[HPforGrownups] Re: Can the Marauder's Map be deceived? (and more questions)

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No: HPFGUIDX 54471

Layla wrote:
>Snape sees Sirius transform from his animagus form to his human self
>and Dumbledore lets them shake hands. Snape's face was one of "mingled
>fury and horror" (GoF pg 618 UK pb). If Snape was aware of the TT in
>PoA because Dumbledore implied this, wouldn't he have expected to
>meet Sirius in the to not too distant future?
>The meeting in GoF came to him as a -nasty- surprise, at least, so it
>seems to me.

My assumption was that Snapes reaction was partly "My God, an unregistered
animagus!" but mostly "My God - not *him*!" Coming face to face with one of
his arch rivals/enemies(?) a murderer on the loose for over a year and being
exposed to yet another shock at the end of an evening of shocks, horrors,
deaths and revelations.

>But I still like the idea, also because Dumbledore, in a rather
>amusing way, "uses" Snapes ability to arrive at conclusions very
>quickly, knowing that Snape is quite powerless this time to do
>something about it.

I like it because it makes Dumbeldore appear even more clever than I
thought, it reveals the depth and strength of Snape's trust in him (the
reader only realises this after reading GoF and going back and re-reading
PoA) but mostly because it makes JKRs plots even tighter and more keenly
worked out.

Regards
Martin
"...I want to fix that in my memory for ever," said Ron, his eyes closed and
an uplifted expression on his face. "Draco Malfoy, the amazing bouncing
ferret..."