How the Marauders Map Was Created (+What Happened to It AFTER the War) - Harry Potter Explained

[@HarryPotterTheory]

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[@Tick421]

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[@AWX_Wrestling]

There are a few things I disagree with you about the marauders map. I think there's much more to the map than Homenum Revelio. I think there is some form of legilimency on the map as well. Similar to the magic of the sorting hat only a little less sophisticated. It would only encourage and give hints to how to use it to people like themselves. While insulting anyone else who it didn't deem worthy. They did forget to close one loophole. If you are told how to use the map you could use it regardless of whether you were worthy or not, hence Barty Crouch Jr. Being able to use it after Harry told Mad-eye (Crouch) how to use it. I also think that the map only works for places that the marauders themselves have been. I have no doubt that the chamber of secrets is unplotable but the marauders also never knew where it was. It's a little unclear whether Room of Requirement is unplotable or not. Draco did say that you can make it unplotable if you need it to be. That doesn't mean that it's unplotable at all times. It's entirely possible that the marauders never discovered the Room of Requirement in their time there. The biggest argument for this is Hagrid's hut. I doubt the marauders would have been as friendly with Hagrid as Harry was so it is highly unlikely that they would have dropped by Hagrid's for tea. It's also the place that Peter Pettigrew chose to hide after faking his death. Lupin also stated that he saw Harry, Ron and Hermione enter Hagrid's cabin and then leave the cabin with Pettigrew with them. He never said that he saw Pettigrew in Hagrid's hut. I would think that if Lupin had seen Pettigrew in hut when Harry entered. He would gone there immediately and not waited until they were outside. Also, as far as I can remember, the only common rooms that Harry has seen people in on the map are Gryffindor and Slytherin. He sees Draco in there when he was keeping an eye on Draco in Halfblood Prince. I can totally see the marauders sneaking into the Slytherin common room under the invisiblity cloak to mess with the Slytherins and in particular Snape. They probably wouldn't have bothered to sneak into the Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff common rooms since they wouldn't have had any animosity towards either of them. Also, Harry and Luna were using the map to get to the Ravenclaw tower in Deathly Hallows yet Harry never noticed Alecto Carrow in the Ravenclaw common room waiting for them? The Carrows didn't strike me as being smart enough to magically hide themselves in a way that wouldn't show up on the map and who knows whether they even knew about the map. Pettigrew may not have thought that it wasn't important enough to mention and if Barty Crouch Jr told Voldemort about it. Voldemort and the death eaters would have no idea what happened to the map after Crouch jr was caught. There would have been no reason to think that Harry would have gotten the map back, therefore, no reason to conceal one's self to not appear on a map. Therefore the map doesn't work anywhere the marauders have never been inside the castle and the grounds.

[@christianheichel]

You don't explain how Fred and George figured out the phrase for operating the map.?

[@AustinNGrayson]

“If Snape ever tried to use it” then an ad played on the video and I said to myself “He’d be forced to watch ads.” The absolute worst punishment imaginable.

[@vinny9988]

Agreed

[@kadecoleman4104]

Imagine if the wizarding world was as obsessed with ads as we were. They’d have to watch an ad pop up like a hologram everytime they wanted to use the map smh

[@kadecoleman4104]

I also got an ad at that same exact spot in the video 🤦🏻‍♂️💀 on the same word and everything man literally exact same spot as you did 😒🤨🙄

[@unyielding.entertainment]

I have an Ad Skipper on my phone, so anytime a skipable add plays, it just skips it immediately. If it's not skipable, it mutes the audio. It's really handy if you don't have Premium

[@AceJoker72]

Snape, have you considered RAID SHADOW LEGENDS

[@caelestigladii]

Ah, the Marauder's map. An item that would have prevented all the bad people pretending to be someone else from succeeding. I'm surprised it isn't a standard security feature in Hogwarts. Surely Dumbledore and all the powerful wizards teaching there have the ability to make their own version of it.

[@SpaceViking2000]

Yeah. If anything they should have worked it to where Moody didn’t find it. At least then we could chalk it up to youthful ignorance

[@paulgraf5746]

that it shows someones true name despite polyjuice potion is actually one of its strongest accomplishments. Yes it doesnt show the full name but had harry actually seen professor Moody where the map showed Barty Crouch in his place, things would have been clear anyways. So basically the map protects hogwarts from anyone who tries to sneak himself in with polyjuice potion which is incredibly powerful on its own.

[@Khaled91]

Exactly! It's not a limitation as the guy explains in the video. The map benefits the reader of the map, so the reader can see through the deceptions of a Polyjuice potion/Invisibilty cloak/animagus. So that's a huge advantage for the reader of the Maruaders' map!

[@KingLewis52]

I really wouldn’t say it doesn’t show the whole name u only add sr or jr if it’s on a birth certificate so it said Barty’s name

[@lauramiller4939]

Harry never saw Peter on the map, that was film only! The book provides enough clues to prove that a marauder in animal form could only be seen on the map by another marauder. Snape didn't see him, either, when he saw everyone else on the map were in the shrieking shack (because Remus accidentally left the map open on his desk). He even told Fudge that he never saw Pettigrew. This was a smart protection, and probably Remus' idea, as James and Sirius were too arrogant to believe anyone else could figure out how to activate the map. Remus was forward-thinking enough to see how getting caught just once would cause them all to be expelled and have their wands broken.

[@barbiquearea]

I wonder if in Hogwarts Legacy you will be given a special sort of map similar to the Marauder's Map that would make navigating Hogwarts a lot easier? I imagine in times past the school could have issued similar magical maps that outlined the floor plans of the castle, but with certain areas redacted and only your name and footsteps are shown, kind of like one of those digital kiosk maps you see in shopping malls. That could be a nice blueprint for the Marauders to have used when creating their map as I doubt any of them are skilled at drawing or know anything about architecture.

[@danlewis5977]

Could easily be integrated as the actual map you use in game and also could be a nice side mission where you help expand on the map to get you to explore the castle and grounds eventually becoming the blueprint to the marauders map

[@unnamedweeb5391]

@@danlewis5977 Well I'm pretty sure that Hogwarts Legacy is supposed to be a few hundred years before Harry's time but it would be cool to have a similar map with quests like you said.

[@LoonyTonks]

That would be cool, I would have more meaning than a map in the corner, we’ll know soon though

[@danlewis5977]

@@LoonyTonks it could be like the GTA maps, small section of it in the corner but a full one in the menu. Even if it's just the floor you're on but each secret you find is added to it as you go

[@EndymionMhr]

@@unnamedweeb5391 hogwarts legacy takes place 7 or more years before Harry's time but after voldermorts death

[@barbiquearea]

I like to think the reason Peter Pettigrew was accepted into the Marauders was because his animagus form being a rat meant he could explore just about anywhere in the castle undetected. No room, drainpipe or cupboard on Hogwarts grounds would have been inaccessible to him, thus making it easier for the Marauders to map out the entire castle in no time, while also using Peter to do a bit of recon work whenever they skulked around the school, pulling pranks or getting up to all manner of mischief.

[@jasonhaudenshield5220]

he was already friends with them by then. it took james and sirius help for peter to become one.

[@juniperlabor3489]

It was Lupin who introduced Peter to James and Sirius. Because of Lupin, James and Sirius accepted Peter.

[@Wildcard0101]

@@juniperlabor3489really, how do you know that ?

[@henkdouma8448]

But the question remains how the twins knew the password to use the map when they got it in their possesion. Also, why didn't Harry wonder that there was the name 'Peter Pettigrew' in the same room with Ron when viewing the map? Peter was, in his form as Scabbers the rat, still named as Peter Pettigrew as seen in the movie.

[@aayanb1st594]

Ikr, I also wondered that while reading the book

[@tektrixter]

One common explanation is that the Marauders only appear to each other on the map.

[@henkdouma8448]

@@DreadKyller That could be an answer I could live with. Thanks.

[@bashy46]

Harry never saw Peter on the map in the book, the film just added that

[@DrTimes99]

@@DreadKyller It's possible Peeves could have told them how the map operates. He certainly was around when it was created and would gladly have aided Fred and George in their mischief.

[@elffanatic2000]

I read or heard somewhere that the map couldn't have been used by anyone else after the Battle of Hogwarts because Lupin had died in the fight. How is it that James was able to use it if the map ceased to function after the death of its last original maker?

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[@jameswest981]

The Weasleys contribution to stopping Voldemort and his death eaters is astronomical,directly or indirectly.

[@Daves-Raves]

Thanks for postin this mate. Id been curious bout this

[@kadecoleman4104]

Where do you keep getting these pictures of Peter petigrew as a young man??? They’re never shown in the movies but they look such high quality???

[@divyanshisaini3521]

What I heard was that filch didn't get hold of the map but marauders, in there 7th year intentionally gave it to filch. It was in a way that filch would think that he got his hands on the map with lot of effort but in reality it was the marauders intention. This was because they thought now that they're in their 7th year and wouldn't be needing the map. So they decided to give it to filch so that prankster like them if the coming generations like Fred and George could use it.

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[@barbiquearea]

I think the map is tied to the Book of Admittance. It most likely only provides the name of a person that was admitted into the Book of Admittance during the Sorting Ceremony and won't add anything to distinguish them even if there are more than one person with the exact same name. I for one think it should have assigned regnal numbers to people with identical first and last names to tell them apart. People often name their children after their parents or themselves, who by default would also be given the same family names. It would have helped Harry a lot if the map identified Barty Crouch Snr as just "Bartemius Crouch" and his son as "Bartemius Crouch II".

[@leventebardossy5962]

I think there is more to it. Filch, Peeves and Mrs Norris also appear on the map, and I'm sure they never got written into the book. Also, it makes no sense why someone who was, for instance, trained in a foreign school, wouldn't appear on the map. We never see it, but I think Igor Karkaroff would, despite never being a Hogwarts student. My theory is that the map is linked to the entrance itself. I book 3, the door is trained by Flitwick to recognize Sirius Black. I guess the Marauders put a spell on it to "register" anyone on the map who didn't appear on it before. For the real name, I'm sure there is a spell for it. The spell was never found on the door, as it does nothing else, and doesn't hurt anyone, ergo nobody thought to check it.

[@sersastark]

I think that each marauder represented traits of all four: James was boastful & brash and brave (Gryffindor); Sirius was hardworking and incredibly loyal (Hufflepuff); Remus was studious and kept to himself to ponder & question (Ravenclaw); Peter was conniving, backstabbing, and did whatever he needed to align himself with whomever he thought had the most power (Slytherin); I think that's how the map worked!

[@Pattmore]

Never thought of it like that..😮

[@Jedda678]

The map never revealed Peter in the books to Harry. It only revealed him in the movie. If you go by the books which are largely the more accepted cannon, then Peter always remained a mystery to everyone but Remus who knew Peter's animagus form.

[@CapoFisk]

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[@baldrian22]

people at the school or that the marauders knew about i can understand is on the map, but what is realy impresive is that it can put people that wasent even born when the map was made on it. thats impresive

[@kylelarson4154]

You should do a video on the shops in Diagon alley!

[@PhilBagels]

I was under the impression that the map would insult anyone who tried to read it without first solemnly swearing that they were up to no good. Not just Snape.

[@thedancingsousa]

I always imagined they had to link the map to each room individually, coming up with ways to get into each of the dorms and offices by making friends, getting in trouble, and other shenanigans, all just to get the map covering everywhere. I also imagined that's why it didn't have the room of requirement.

[@thareelhelloagain]

The Room of Requirement is also almost certainly unplottable.

[@edopronk1303]

This indeed.

[@clairefunnell8481]

Great video. I always wondered whether the Mauraders knew about the Room of Requirement. In the last book either Crabbe or Goyle used Fienfyre in the room. I'm wondering if the room is still usable or not. Enjoyed this video. Pettigrew was traitor, never liked him.

[@reiniernn9071]

I suppose : Yes. But all hidden artefacts ...the place that room showed when a student has to hide something...will be destroyed. But as a trainingsroom for DA it still should work.

[@Harry-Hartmann]

A Very Good Video 👍🏻

[@desislavaandreeva4359]

Wonderful video! I didn't know the way they created the map, that's why the video was so interested to me. Can you make videos about the spells used for the making of the various artifacts/magical objects in HP Universe pls?

[@soar011belize]

Technically the map did get Barty Crouch correct when registering babies people dont add junior to their name its just a social invention so really there could be two Barty Crouchs on the map

[@solomonwiggins8815]

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[@HarryPotterTheory]

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[@rayblair3933]

Great video

[@bookmouse2719]

Now you have to do a video re making things unplottable: The Black house, room of requirement...

[@59rlmccormack]

That map was super vital, vital indeed.

[@DarthWinterMadness]

The Marauders' story and their map were some of my favorite parts of the third book. I was so disappointed when they were barely talked about it in the movie. We don't even know who they were and how it relates to Harry believing he saw his father. I was further disappointed by the following movie, and ended up not watching any of the other movies when they came out. I finally watched them a few months ago and they're pretty good. I just needed to see them as what they were: movie adaptations. I'm still disappointed about the Marauders not being explored though. Cheers from France! 🍻

[@chucknutly3290]

I share in your disappointment although I will say both movies and books were a triumph in my opinion. Personally I'd have liked to see things through Peters eyes, he's portrayed as a runt like and evil figure but honestly I think at heart he was good just troubled like the other boys. There was an immense amount of love and darkness amongst the marauders, we get a sense of that but never a true taste, perhaps that is the nature of time and life, we only seem to get echoes despite our best endeavours.

[@bleachgems8313]

I really do like your Potter videos lol

[@Peter_mikaelson]

Remus always had that scarr from Fenrir greyback the whole movie i never saw that scarr i only say it after he resigned when he fought buckbeak as a werewolf

[@shainmathew4274]

Mischief managed!

[@ginantsfan5]

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[@D00M3R-SK8]

4:49 Newt Scamander Easter Egg.

[@aligindahouse7777]

James did bully everyone who stood up to him, he bullied Snape for wanting to be a death eater and being obsessed with the dark arts

[@Huskytabby]

Video idea for you to do: What additional effects do spells have that are not seen in the movies? For instance, what else can the patronus charm do besides ward off dementors?

[@casgian3272]

I never understood why Harry immediately saw "Peter Pettigrew" on the map, but Fred & George were using it beforehand and would have seen the name literally right alongside their younger brother and never questioned it or said anything

[@clover2739]

That’s because it’s only a thing they had in the movies for suspense. In the books Harry never sees peters name once. The only person who ever sees peters name on the map is Remus, and both Remus and Peter created the map so it could be a thing where they only see each other

[@brettlarch8050]

The mauraders were the golden girls of Harry Potter. Lupin was betty white.

[@anthoniG]

Peter Pettigrew was Blanche

[@bookmouse2719]

lol!

[@MikeDCWeld]

8:29 is incorrect. Filch was the _caretaker,_ not the _groundskeeper._ Hagrid was the groundskeeper and had been for many years, ever since he was expelled.

[@moondream5383]

Peter was at fault for all of their deaths. Had he not brought voldy back, the other 2 wouldn't have died like they did.

[@kadecoleman4104]

Did Harry know that the marauders map was created by his father and Lupin and Sirius and Peter Petigrew?? I know the movie said something about Lupin knowing how to work it and stuff but I don’t think the movie ever said anywhere if Harry knew about The Marauders or that his dad was in the group who created the map? Do the books ever clarify about that at all? I’ve never read them but I’m sure they do, I’d just like to know for sure.

[@MikeDCWeld]

It's been forever since I've read the books, but I believe so during the third one after the truth about everything with Pettigrew and Sirius coming to light.

[@mikebrown1881]

The Marauder's map never served to discouvert Pettigrew's identity.

[@seangere9698]

The reason why Jr. And Sr. Doesn't show up on the map is it's not in the name at birth. It is like a nickname. Just like how it wouldn't show anyone else's nicknames, as we all know people at the age they all are a lot of people use nicknames, especially in their group of friends even if no one else knows or just don't use them. But yes it does have a major flaw, or should I say JKR just didn't think about it when writing the third book. It doesn't show people the time travel or Lupin would have seen two Harry's and two Hermiones in the entrance hall. One of the pair with Ron that headed straight to Hagrids and the Harry/Hermione pair waiting in the closet while the other passed. As he did state that he was watching them in the map because he thought they might try to sneak to Hagrids. So if the map was "Always Right" as Sirius stated Lupin should have see the extra pair and new something was up. If he had seen them a lot of things could have happened differently.

[@FireFlame.]

this proves, the marauders , arrogant, but smart and skilful.

[@jorgnocke991]

Great video thank you☆☆☆

[@Bricksgaming710]

Isn't this also interesting though because it only was able to use the information that the original Marauders gathered, but yet it knows about future students and they're whereabouts and things that change within the castle

[@__YODA__]

Not related to this, but please answer who knows: How could Dumbledore not even consider betraying Grindelwald without the bloodpact nearly killing him. But Grindelwald consciously recruited the Credence to kill Dumbledore. Why didn't the bloodpact affect him? Thanks!

[@lcb2016bn]

The Marauders reminds me of the F4... 🤔

[@edopronk1303]

But what does the Homongulus (?) charm do? It's an interesting video, even if you didn't explain it completely.

[@kitelanford]

Homunculus Charm implies to be a tracking spell of those targets, with a way to get around even the True Invisiblity Cloak, and Animagi antics The problem is a charcater shares the same name leading to Harry’s mix up of Father and Son in Goblet of Fire

[@robthomas3968]

I’ve got a question, they say a werewolf would kill his best friend & not know it when turned into a werewolf so how could he travel around hogwarts with his friends?

[@jin8684]

I wonder what Olivander had to say.

[@Γιώργος-ΕυγένιοςΤζωρτζίνης]

The problem with the map is that, if it was created by the use of a couple charms, even very difficult and demanding ones, others through the centuries would have done it too !

[@MikeDCWeld]

That's assuming anyone else had the desire to.

[@seanowheels]

Is there any information on where Tom Riddle lived between years of school?

[@LoonyTonks]

Wait it would be so cool if the map passes down to generations and generations of Harry’s kids.

[@kitelanford]

Technically, as of the Cursed Child, it was, to James the 2nd… perhaps other successor Potters might be tested in yoinking it

[@anastajiiaa]

I always tought that it qas made from the pages of the book os aceptace and wrote with the ink from the quill of admitance,

[@alinsofan501]

so basically harry is the student that discover the most of hogwarts until that point. the founders would be proud.

[@koppadasao]

You can't steal the Marauders' Map. It's like a wand. It chooses its owner.

[@jamieA7Xfan90]

the Weasley twins stole the Marauder's Map from Argus Filch's office

[@koppadasao]

@@jamieA7Xfan90 Perhaps, but until the Map chose them, they couldn't use it. The Map chose them as it recognized them as being mischief makers Just look at Barty Crouch Jr. He could only use the Map because Harry had activated it. Barty couldn't clear it or reactivate it. Same goes for Snape, when he used the Map to chase down Lupin and the Trio. But when Snape tried to get the then deactivated Map to reveal its secrets, it rejected him and insulted him. I don't think that insult is specific to Snape, but an opening into the Map. If you recognize the invitation, the Map will reveal its password, and open itself, like the Portrait of the Fat Lady

[@blackieflawless3044]

Do you think the map lost its abilities when Remus died?

[@PhilBagels]

Why would it? What other magical objects in the HP books stop functioning when the creator dies?

[@Solom0n2]

From a glance barely looking at screen and looking back and I thought it said "how the Marauders map was cursed" lol

[@jonsouth1545]

Why did it not show peter Pettigrew earlier?

[@shakycameratheater]

Is poly-juice or truth potion common in Harry Potter ?

[@murraylissner4115]

My question is how did Fred and George find out the passwords to activate the map. or even know it was special when they stole it from Filch?

[@super8bitvideos]

They honestly chose the worst actors for young James and Peter. I would not associate with either of them solely based on their homely and suspicious looks.

[@jasonhaudenshield5220]

it sounds like they put a bit of themselves into it. bit about snape sounds like it could be true.

[@xsailor85]

I’m more than likely sure Dumbleore helped create the map. How else would James & friends could have created it without the original blueprints.

[@Crochet_bro]

Dude, you're drinking that Snape was bullied Kool aid a little too heavily there. James was an arrogant toerag but he wasn't the villain that everybody thinks he was.

[@emo565]

So this video just made think of something. If the map showed wormtails real name on the map why didn’t they ever ask Ron who was the Peter he was always hanging out with in the dormitory and sleeping with at night? cause seeing that on the map would have made me ask some questions

[@scottyyoung4278]

in the true canon, the books, peter wasn’t shown on the map. that was only in the movies.

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[@sergeyoneill1344]

I think I have an answer as to why Snape taught Harry Occulmancy, If you would like to hear it.

[@thedailyracecar2064]

random question.... do you think the philosephers stone give a squib magic? i mean its not as tho they have no magic at all. they can see ghostts, magical creatures, hogwarts. muggles cant see those things. especially hogwarts or the hogwarts express. but he can see all that so he must have the physiology of a witch/wizard without the secret sauce we call magic. but if the stone can grant eternal life, then is it not imparting magic to the elixer's drinker some how?

[@clover2739]

Well yes, I don’t think the philosophers stone would grant magic to a squib. As in they won’t be able to do magic but they would have that eternal life. In fact Nicholas Flamel is a real person who is a French scribe who built up a reputation of being a alchemist who was believed to have created and discovered the philosophers stone and had achieved immortality. So I don’t think the stone is based off of magic exactly, which was why his name was so hard to find.

[@thedailyracecar2064]

@@clover2739 i know who irl nicholas flamel is. along with his wife who both have streets named after them in france. squibs cant do magic normally. however, the stone can do many things. its clear that the eternal life granted is magical in nature. to simplify my question: since squibs have the biology of witches/wizards would the introduction of magic into anatomy designed to manipulate magic gain any ability to control said magic as their anatomy is designed too?

[@clover2739]

@@thedailyracecar2064 the only way I can answer is that the stone would work with the squib that it does for everyone else

[@thedailyracecar2064]

@@clover2739 * should work with a squib like it does for everyone else thats of magical biology. i understand why ud think that. Hope we can get an actual canon answer some day. Till then all we can do is speculate one way or the other.

[@clover2739]

@@thedailyracecar2064 I don’t think you got what I originally said, when I talked about the real life Nicholas Flamel I was saying that it’s more to do with him being an alchemist than a wizard. I don’t think it’s to do with magic, which is why it wasn’t easy to find him or stuff about the philosophers stone in most magical textbooks so I don’t think it’s necessarily to do with magic. Plus I think you’re confusing it, squibs and muggles can’t do magic, as in they can’t make stuff like potions or elixirs and spells themselves. However spells and potions and magical objects always work of them, even if they can’t see it or know it’s happening. A squib wouldn’t be able to make the stone but if the stone is already made it would work on them like everything else does.

[@greenbanana1001]

It does show someone’s full name it says Peter pettigrew etc

[@adamviator978]

More please

[@BilliamJoyBoy]

I feel like there is some flaws with your theory, how does the map know everyone In hogwarts in every generation? I think it’s because the map is made from the pages from the book of admittance. That’s how it even knows new students. And it was written by exploring the castle, that’s why it knows about the passage to the shreeking shack but not the room of requirement or chamber of secrets because the muraders never found those places.

[@ElephantyG]

Hello

[@noahburns6042]

How was it that Peter Pettigrew, one of the biggest cowards in the series, put into Gryffindor, the house of courage? I feel like Slytherin, or even more likely, Hufflepuff, was more fitting for him!

[@leenalhajri220]

but how did fred and george know the password??

[@wem_iii]

How the hell any of them make it into gryffindor?

[@AdmiralofU2]

How could 4 bullies like the Marauders be in Gryffindor?

[@genohall2235]

I believe only James & Sirius were bullies and mostly towards Slytherin’s and Snape. James liked Lily who was friends with Snape…

[@paulyb7267]

Bullies can be in any houses. However, given its traits, it is really hard for bullies to be sorted into Hufflepuff.

[@genohall2235]

@@paulyb7267 Weren’t Cedric’s friends very hostile and mean to Harry, i.e. Bullying…

[@paulyb7267]

@@genohall2235 To be honest, the whole school (except the Gryffindors) were very hostile and mean to Harry when his name came out of the Goblet of Fire.

[@genohall2235]

@@paulyb7267 I agree, just pointing out an instance of Hufflepuff bullying.

[@42ostoney42o]

james was a bully and therefore no one worthy enough to look up to and lily downgraded when she chose james over Snape, Snape whould've been able to protect her

[@kurtpunchesthings2411]

Honestly that was part of why Snape and Harry initially clashed because on one hand he could see Lily in Harry but also could see the arrogance and overconfidence of James truth is he was really the only guy who knew that James was a massive prick and a bully

[@paulyb7267]

@@kurtpunchesthings2411 Shut the hell up about James, he wasn't a shitty person his whole life. James isn't responsible for Snape being a Death Eater, in fact Snape was already prejudiced against muggles before attending Hogwarts. The only difference between James and Snape is that James grew up whereas Snape didn't, something that an obnoxious Snape fan like yourself will NEVER understand. James was a lot more braver and ten times the person than Snape ever was. Also, James never 'took' or 'stole' Lily from Snape, Snape was the one who drove Lily away. Lily CHOSE to be with James, something you Snape apologist/fans are jealous. The one thing I will say about Snape though is he never really changed. Harry aside, he was a jerk to most of his students, look at how he treated Neville, as far as we know Neville’s parents didn’t do anything to him and yet he’s still an ass.

[@Wildcard0101]

how could snape protect lily from voldemort, in case you didn't know snape was not better than james, he bullied the muggleborns during his years at hogwarts and called them mudbloods as a matter of fact that was the reason lily cut ties with him in the first place, he also was the reason of her death anyway love isn't something you can control whenever you want, lily was friends with snivellus but she never liked him.

[@FartsForEyes]

Any one ever wonder if Fred and George ever just happened to take a gander at the map some night before they gave it to Harry, just happened to look at the 3rd years dorm room and saw some dude named Peter laying in Ron’s bed with him every night and just never said anything about it..thinking this whole time that Ron was into butt stuff

[@bluejay420]

Why was James known as Prongs?

[@paulyb7267]

Because James's animagus was a stag.

[@clover2739]

In the book the only person who sees Peter’s name on the map is Remus, Harry never sees peters name either. I guess it could be because the marauders can only see each other

[@Meg-zf7qx]

Young snape looks like Wednesday Adams

[@robertmartin4449]

Why were they friends with peter? They never really explain that. It just seems out of character. For 2 of the most popular kids to befriend him.

[@mrdr0161]

Remus was already friends with Peter when they became friends with Remus, so he sort of came as a package deal. And they all shared a dorm, they're obviously going to become friends. And plus sirius and James are arrogant af and Peter acted like they were heroes, of course they'd keep him with them to feed their ego

[@manonthemoon692]

I feel it would be better if the Marauders didn't create the map that they simply found the Marauders map and then that's where they got their nickname and then they called themselves the Marauders because I feel like if the map had enchanted magic from like one of the founders it could have had magic similar to Gryffindor Sword which takes in knowledge to make it stronger and better so the owner of the map whoever that is it would take in what they knew and add to the map but the Marauders invented it and supposedly they weren't skilled enough to add this bit of magic to the map

[@greenbanana1001]

Cannot stand James potter!!!!!

[@i11umina]

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