PS/SS chapters 6-11 post DH look

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 180985

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214"
<dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:

> "Anyway, we've got to go, Lee Jordan reckons he's found a new secret 
> passageway out of the school."
> "Bet it's that one behind the statue of Gregory the Smarmy that we 
> found in our first week. See you." - p.153
 
> Alla:
> 
> Do you think that this exchange indicates that Twins do not have 
> Marauders map at this point in time yet?


zanooda:

The Twins stole the Map from Filch when they were in their first year
(PoA, p.191), so they definitely had it at this point. However, we
don't know how much time it took them to learn how to "work it". They
certainly had to experiment a lot with the Map to find out how to
activate it.

As a matter of fact, I don't understand how it is possible to "guess"
the right words ("I solemnly swear ... etc.) that activate the Map.
Maybe the Twins managed to establish some kind of contact with the Map
(like Snape in PoA) and it gave them a hint :-)? Or maybe Scabbers
finally took pity of them, turned into PP one night and left them a
note with instructions, LOL?

Anyway, I just wanted to say that, even though F&G already had the Map
when they were in their third year (Harry's first), it's possible that
they didn't figure out how to activate it yet, especially if they
stole it at the end of their first year, because the conversation you
are referring to happened at the very beginning of their third year.
Just one possible explanation :-).