Marauder's Map, the Marauders, and Voldemort

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 108912


> Eleanor wrote previously:
> > 
> > 1) Snape's comment about the map: Snape's seen the names Moony 
and 
> > Padfoot on the map and knows who they refer to.  


RMM: 
> Does he though?  Why would he bother asking Moony about the map 
then?
> And why would he let Moony take the map as well?


Alla:

I have no doubt in my mind that Snape knew where the map came from 
(you don't think he got it right from manufactures - PoA, paraphrase)
Why would Snape let the Moony take the map? I don't know - I am 
inclined to think that he did not have much choice in the matter - 
without exposing their past to Harry 


RMM: 
> We know that Sirius Black, i.e. Padfoot, in Moony's mind, learned 
> dark arts from Voldemort; we also know that Pettigrew (Wormtail) --
> another Marauder -- betrayed another Marauder -- James Potter 
> (Prongs) and Padfoot to Voldemort.
> So, here we have at least two Marauders doing stuff with Voldemort.
> Sounds to me like the Marauders Map has Dark Magic, becoming 
illegal 
> Animagi takes some dark magic, and it looks like some of these guys 
> got in too deep with Voldemort to the point that they started 
> mistrusting each other.
> 


Alla:

I am sorry? Two marauders doing stuff with Voldemort? You know, ESE!
Lupin is not a canon yet , no matter how brilliantly Pippin defends 
this theory. :o) And Sirius , well, as far as we know was not doing 
any stuff with Voldemort. So, who is the second one?

Animagi is a Dark Magic? Why? Is McGonagall doing Dark Magic too, in 
your opinion?



Marauders indeed started mistrusting each other at one point, but I 
view it as falling in the general atmosphere of mistrust, which 
Voldemort created during the first war, not them being Evil.


Alla