THE MAP...... Again

[tonyaminton]

No: HPFGUIDX 89459

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> 
wrote:
> --- 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

Now Tonya:

I have always thought taht the map only shows people who are moving 
around.  So if someone is still, like sitting in a chair, it would 
not show them.  Canon says things like Peeves bogging, DD pacing, 
Snape moving...... Don't have the books with me.  So my thought was 
that Peter didn't show up until he was in motion, moving out of 
Hagrid's house.  What do you all think??

Tonya