[HPforGrownups] Re: Marauder's map, Quirrell and related issues

[Liz Clark]

No: HPFGUIDX 191976


>> In HBP, when Harry was trying to keep an eye on Malfoy, he had problems
>> finding him at times and put this down to sheer mass of people. 'He could
>> only suppose that he was missing Malfoy amongst the hundreds of tiny 
>> black
>> dots upon the map.'
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Liz
>>
>
> Liz,
>
> This was because the Room of Req doesn't show up on the map and in HBP 
> Malfoy kept on going into the room. James & Co didn't know the room 
> existed so they couldn't draw it in when creating the map or alternatively 
> the room wouldn't let itself by drawn in since only people who require it 
> can find it. As for Pettigrew he helped create the map, so like Congress 
> and the tax code, I'm sure he had a hand in its loop holes. Maybe he used 
> one of them to hide himself, just like staff on various forums can log in 
> without the fact that they logged in being public.
>
> I'm sure someone will find canon to refute my first point, but I seem to 
> remember refernces to Harry scanning the corridor outside the room but 
> never the room itself. He knew roughly where the entrance was, so he 
> looked for footprints there.
>
> DA Jones

You are right, DA Jones, Harry could never see into the room of requirement. 
However, that was not what I was pointing out. My point was that the map 
showed 'hundreds of tiny black dots' and this could be why the twins missed 
Pettigrew. However, know I think about it, Petigrew must have known that 
Hagrid's hut shielded him, otherwise, why did he hide there?
Kind regards
Liz