Voldie's lie detector - Harry’s Curious Lack of Curiousity

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 15884

Haggrid wrote:

>Amanda, it is in the canon that Snape can detect lies.  He does so
>and he asserts the power explicitly with Harry in Book I, and with 
>Bryce in Book IV.

You mean Voldemort, right?  Watch out--there are some passionate Snape 
lovers on this list, and typing "Snape" for "Voldemort" could prove as 
dangerous as running out your Polyjuice hour during a meeting with the 
Master!

He does assert it explicitly, but he's bluffing, IMHO.  We know the 
DEs have been successfully infiltrated in the past, so people do 
sometimes lie to V and get away with it.  His knowledge that Harry is 
lying about what he sees in the Mirror and that Frank is lying about 
someone at home knowing where he is are attributable to good 
old-fashioned, possibly magic-enhanced, intuition.  Dumbledore is very 
hard to lie too, also--that doesn't mean he can literally read every 
thought and know every falsehood.

BTW, welcome aboard, Haggridd!

Joywitch wrote:

>Isn't there a scene in PoA where Harry tells himself that if he wants 
>to win the next Quidditch match he has to get it together and stop 
>brooding about his parent's death?

Yes, after his first Patronus lesson.  Something like:  They're dead, 
he told himself, and listening to echoes of them isn't going to bring 
them back.  What a kid.  I love that bit.

I think your explanation fits what we know of Harry very well.  You 
aren't a psychotherapist by any chance, are you?  I wonder if there is 
a tension inside him between wanting to pump people for stories and 
not wanting to get lost in wishes.

Katie wrote:

>"little Tom Riddle"

Sounds like a rock song.  "Good Golly, Miss Molly."  Filk, anyone?

Off to wash the dishes with PoA on the Walkman,
Amy Z

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 If only the hat had mentioned a house 
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