THE MAP...... Again

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 89422

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:
> Actually, Harry  didn't  see his own ink figure on the map until 
> he'd stepped outside the classroom where Fred and George 
> gave it to him. 
> "He pulled out the map again and saw, to his astonishment, that 
> a new ink figure had appeared upon it, labeled *Harry Potter*."
> -emphasis orginal. 
> 
> So there are  dead zones on the map. If Peter feared discovery 
> after faking his death,  he'd naturally look for a place that 
> Crookshanks would avoid also and Hagrid's hut fills the bill 
> there,too, since Hagrid dislikes cats. 


I've always imagined that Harry appeared on the Map not because of 
dead zones, but because the Map shows only the mischief-makers and 
people directly connected with their mischief. 

The people Harry picks out the first time he sees the Map are 
Dumbledore, Peeves and Ms. Norris, 'people' he needs to watch out 
for while wandering around the castle (POA, p. 193).  Then the 
second trip into Hogsmeade, Snape and Neville both show up on the 
Map--two people who are inadvertently messing up Harry's plans (POA 
276-277). Lupin sees HRH on the Map on the night they are sneaking 
out of the castle.

Then in GOF, Harry sees Fake!Moody--definitely someone up to 
mischief--in Snape's office. 

Now it's possible Harry only mentions certain names, but why would 
all the students and faculty show up if the Map is protection for 
the Marauder?  You'd have to sort through 95% of the Hogwarts 
population to find a couple of people. 

It would make more sense if the Map is bewitched to only show those 
people you have an interest in seeing, 'enemies' or people who will 
unknowingly thwart your plans. Or bewitched to actually KNOW who 
will hinder your plan and show you those people. Now *that* would be 
an impressive bit of magic!

Jen Reese