Further questions on PoA Post DH look

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 181573


> > Jayne:
snip
 Was it because Lupin was DaDA teacher or did
> > Snape know what the map was and that Lupin had been involved
> > in writing it?
> 
> zgirnius:
> IMO, no way did Snape think Lupin was more qualified to deal with a 
> Dark Object than he was. 

Potioncat:
Zara, I don't think you needed the "IMO". I think we can all agree 
that Snape didn't value Lupin's qualifications above his own. I'd 
venture a guess that most of us (not all, never all in this group for 
anything) would agree.

I'd like to add that the this episode is one my favorites. It is so 
much fun to look at afterwards, picking up the many layers of 
deception that are going on.

As we all recall, neither Harry or the reader knew who MPWP were. We 
knew it was a map, but Snape didn't. We didn't know all that 
wonderful history shared by Lupin and Snape, nor the real reason 
Snape disliked Lupin. Most Readers (and Harry) might have thought it 
had to do with Snape's standard dislike of the DADA master.

So when we re-read this, we can see that Lupin and Snape are 
communicating very well, both keeping information away from Harry--
and from the first-time reader. 

I'm still not sure that the map isn't Dark Magic, nor am I sure if 
Snape really thinks it is.

So, Snape know that Mooney was Lupin and Padfoot was Black. The 
parchment used those names. He would have thought that Wormtail and 
Prongs were both dead. So he had reason to suspect this parchment 
involved Black and Lupin and was putting Harry in danger.