Snape, Lupin, and the map

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 96207

Lynnette, 
> I also thought Snapw was aware of their nicknames.  I felt he 
called 
> Lupin immediately becasue he thought maybe Harry had gotten the map 
> from Sirius.  His remark about Harry having gotten the map from one 
> of the "manufacturers" of the map?  I thought he was hinting to 
> Black, but Lupin dismissed the idea.


Potioncat:
I agree, Snape knew their nicknames. They weren't too careful in 
hiding them.  I thought that he was indicating "manufacturers" to let 
Lupin know that he (Snape) knew who made the map.  

Snape believed Black was a murderer who was after Potter.  So I don't 
think he considered that it came from Black.  He may have thought it 
came from Lupin which would be another reason to let Lupin keep it.

Let's remember too, at this point, Snape doesn't know it's a map.  
And, I'm 49%  convinced that Snape believes it is made with Dark Arts.

Potioncat