help with JKR quote/ Children's reactions

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 176626

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Sali Morris" <salilouisa at ...>
wrote:
>
> 
> Sali:
> I know this is not really the point (but anything else I might have
said is
> probably covered or about to be covered by someone else :) ) but am
I right
> in thinking that Snape alleges that the map is "full of Dark Magic"
*after*
> it insults him? If this is the case, and particularly if he suspects the
> identity of MWPP, it is possible that his allegation is more a matter of
> sour grapes than anything else. I'm sure he wants to get Lupin into
trouble
> as much as Harry.
> 
> I also don't think it's clear cut that the Map does think for
itself. Snape
> is considered by the Marauders to be their enemy. It is possible
that it was
> created with anti-Snape defences and is merely following the default
pattern
> for those who do not activate it correctly. Of course, this then
raises the
> question of how Fred and George worked out how to activate it
correctly. I
> could explain it away but I suspecting it was just something else that
> wasn't thought through.
> 
> 
Renee:
Maybe Fred and George didn't mind being insulted a couple of times and
just went on experimenting until they found the key. Being able to
laugh at yourself would be a good test for anyone wanting to claim
control of the Marauder's Map. Somehow, I can't see Snape doing so at all.