Harry's scar and Voldemort (Was: A strange silver instrument)

[mightymaus75]

No: HPFGUIDX 86707

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
><snip> 
> Here's what JKR herself has to say to a question from a child reader
> who thinks that "Snap" caused the pain (SB is the person reading the
> questions):
> 
> SB: Why in the first book does Harry's lightening scar flash, or
> when he gets his lightening scar flash, when Snap looks at him?
> 
> JKR: Snape.
> 
> SB: Snape.
> 
> JKR:. . . If anyone hasn't finished reading book one, would they
> please put their fingers really tightly in their ears now, if they
> don't want the ending ruined? Really tightly now, cause this is a
> question about the ending. Um... Quirrell had the back of his head
> to Harry at the point when Harry looked at Snape, so someone else
> was looking at Harry through a certain turban. See what I mean? If
> you've read it, you understand, and if you haven't read it, you're
> going what? But that's okay. 
> 
> (Carol again):
> In other words, the scar hurt because Voldemort was looking at Harry
> through Quirrell's turban.
> 
> Carol

Which is basically what I said; after reading PS/SS we are meant to 
think it is Voldemort underneath Quirrell's turban that causes 
Harry's scar to hurt. Of course JKR saying that this is *in fact* 
what happened does change things.

I find it interesting that JKR specifically mentions that Voldemort 
was looking at Harry. Dumbledore never mentioned anything about 
Voldemort having to look at Harry for his scar to hurt:

"`D'you – d'you know why my scar's hurting me?'
Dumbledore looked very intently at Harry for a moment, and then 
said, `I have a theory, no more than that... It is my belief that 
your scar hurts both when Lord Voldemort is near you, and when he is 
feeling a particularly strong surge of hatred.'" [Harry and 
Dumbledore, GoF]

"`Harry is as sane as you or I. That scar upon his forehead has not 
addled his brains. I believe it hurts him when Lord Voldemort is 
close by, or feeling particularly murderous.'" [Dumbledore, GoF]

Being near to Voldemort in itself clearly isn't enough to cause 
Harry's scar to hurt; as demonstrated by the almost nine months Harry 
spends in close proximity to Professor Quirrell after the start-of-
term feast. If it was Voldemort looking directly at Harry that caused 
Harry's scar to hurt, does that mean that Voldemort was using 
Legilimency on Harry? Presumably Voldemort was then also using 
Legilimency on Harry when he was wrapped up in the bundle of robes 
during the graveyard scene in GoF and when he arrived in the MoM in 
OotP. We know that at least in the MoM he was using Legilimency on 
Harry to determine if Harry was telling the truth about the prophecy.
 
Of course in each of those instances Voldemort wouldn't have had 
direct eye contact, he was either hidden underneath a turban, wrapped 
in a bundle of robes, or facing the back of Harry's head; but then 
Professor Snape said that eye contact is *often* essential to 
Legilimency, not always. Voldemort presumably is skilled enough at 
Legilimency that as long as he is close enough in space and time he 
can read minds trough turbans, robes and the back of peoples heads.

Make of this what you will.

-Maus