Marauder's Map, the Marauders, and Voldemort

[Josh Warren]

No: HPFGUIDX 108917

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "romulusmmcdougal" 
<romulus at h...> wrote:
> Josh:
> > It would make sense that someone presumed dead, and whose death 
> > keeps Sirius out of play, would prefer to go by a moniker unknown 
> > to the majority of the WW... why make LV switch back and forth?
> 
>
> Pettigrew knew Voldemort BEFORE he betrayed Padfoot and Prongs.
> He was after all the double agent.
> 
> Secondly, since when does his preference hold any water with the DL?
> 
> Question:  Does one have a choice of what form they take as animagi?

The same reasoning would still apply... the obvious nickname Wormtail 
would not have been reported by Snape or any other spy to the 
remaining Marauders, who would have recognized it. 

LV is supposed to be smart right? OotP shows he likes to maintain his 
secrets... and having an unknown spy in the order (assume Snape was 
pretending to be a double agent if LV knew of his role in the Order, 
and therefore possibly suspect within the Order) is a delicious 
secret to have.

The negative answer to the choosing animagi form in a previous 
response was the World Book Day chat, I believe. She made some 
comment about working so hard for so long only to find that you most 
resemble some embarrassing creature. Look at the animagi you know: 
Prongs -> proud, big ego, Padfoot -> playful but loyal in the 
extreme, Wormtail -> sly and sneaky, Rita Skeeter -> a pest, Minerva -
> prim and proper.

Josh