Marauder's Map revisited

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 58946

Susan:
"> when Fred and 
> George give Harry the Marauder's Map they tell him "Don't bother 
with 
> the one behind the mirror on the fourth floor.  We used it until 
last 
> winter, but it's caved in -- completely blocked."  So does that 
> tunnel connect to the Chamber of Secrets tunnel?  And if so, where 
> else does it lead, because it seems pretty unlikely that F&G have 
> ever been into the Chamber."

Of course not; it requires Parseltongue to get there! On the other 
hand, maybe that's where they keep their storage and lie to Harry so 
he won't go there. Mirror of Erised, perhaps, and the twins don't 
wish Harry to dwell in front of it (Ron might have told them first 
year). Or it's for real that it's completely blocked. (By Sirius or 
Lupin putting a new spell&password on it that won't show on the 
map??) and..

"
> I also noticed that when Harry looks at the map for the first time 
he 
> sees Dumbledore, Mrs. Norris, and Peeves.  Not himself, Fred, and 
> George.  After Fred and George leave he looks at it again and sees 
> that a figure labeled "Harry Potter" has *appeared* on it.  And 
that 
> little figure isn't just standing there, doing what Harry is doing, 
> it's actually showing him what to do next.  This seems to indicate 
> that the map is selective in who it shows, which is probably why 
Fred 
> and George never saw Peter Pettigrew on it, but Lupin did.  It also 
> seems to indicate that when someone does show up on the map, the 
> viewer should pay attention to who it is and what they're doing 
> (Bartemious Crouch)."

Yes, quite... I suppose the map's also loyal to it's makers, and 
hides them, unless one of them opened the option. Snape saw Lupin 
because Lupin had opened that option and left the map open (Possibly 
because of Sirius, but then he saw Pettigrew!)...(Lupin was in hurry 
and expected Snape to bring him that disgusting potion before he 
transforms?)

So the twins/Harry/Ron/Hermione would NEVER have seen Peter on it?

And I think Lupin _had_ been looking for the map in Filch's office - 
THEY had put it in there on their last day, not Filch or whoever had 
the position then!

-- Finwitch