[HPforGrownups] Chapter Discussion: Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 18: Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Pron

[June Ewing]

Questions
1. Lupin says the Marauders' map never lies, could this be a support
for the argument that the map does not have dark magic in it? Do you
agree or disagree with it?

June:
I do not and never did believe the marauder's map was done with dark
magic.

2. Did you believed Lupin and Black (if you remember of course) when
you were reading the book for the first time that Peter was in the
room?

June:
I was not sure what to  believe at this point. Of course I did not
trust Black and I almost fell off my seat when Lupin came in and
hugged him and thought that Lupin and Black were both after Harry
at that point, but when they were saying Peter was there I wasn't
sure if there was a twist about to happen or if they were trying
to fool the kids.

3. As some of you may know as a Sirius' fan, but first and foremost
as a reader, I absolutely refuse to place all the blame for the
prank on Sirius. I happen to feel that just as Sirius had no
business telling Snape about Remus' secret, Snape had no business
whatsoever of going to the Shack and nobody actually forced him to
go there. However as the very same reader, I am still racking my
brain what the hell was Sirius thinking would have happened to Remus
if he were to bite Snape, or if Snape would simply uncover his
secret. So what was he thinking? Was he thinking anything?

June:
He was only concerned with getting Peter to the castle.

5. Were you shocked to see Snape appear in the room?

June: yes

6. To what extent Snape's belief Lupin was involved in the Prank was
rational?

June:
At this point it was irrational, however I knew more than Snape did
and had he come in a little earlier I would have totally agreed with
him.