Marauder's Map, the Marauders, and Voldemort

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "romulusmmcdougal" <romulus at h...> wrote:
> Has there been any discussion regarding the fact that Snape sees Dark 
> Magic in the Marauder's Map (Ch. 14, PoA), Lupin putting it in his 
> mind that Sirius Black was entering Hogwarts "using dark arts he 
> learned from Voldemort," (Ch. 18, PoA), and that Voldemort always 
> refers to Peter Pettigrew using his Marauder Nickname?
> 
> Doesn't this all point to the fact that the Marauders were studying 
> under Voldemort at one time, and that most of them decided to leave 
> him? All except Pettigrew perhaps?

Well, it could be, but I doubt it.

1) Snape's comment about the map: Snape's seen the names Moony and Padfoot on the 
map and knows who they refer to.  He believes Sirius is evil, which might lead him to think 
the map contains dark magic.  Or it could just be an excuse to confiscate it.  Snape would 
absolutely say something like that for that reason, especially if he got the opportunity to 
annoy Lupin at the same time.

2) Lupin's comment: When Lupin believed that, he thought Sirius had been in league with 
Voldemort and would have learned things from him.  It implies absolutely nothing about 
whether any of the Marauders really had.

3) Voldemort's use of "Wormtail": It was Pettigrew's identity as Wormtail that enabled him 
to return to Voldemort, so Voldemort would know about it by book 4.  And the name just 
suits him.  Voldemort's use of it reflects the fact that JKR wanted to use it.  She might have 
been thinking of Wormtongue, Saruman's lackey in The Lord Of The Rings.

Eleanor