Whoa Nelly! Lots of Snape, was Harry in NEWT Potions Class?

[drjuliehoward]

No: HPFGUIDX 87786

Pip!Squeak wrote:
<snip>
> I dunno. It might be just me, but maybe, just maybe, Snape thought 
> that continuing the Occlumency lessons was too much of a risk for 
> *Harry*? That maybe, if he'd lost control once, he might lose it 
> again? Only this time Harry might fall hard enough to break his 
> back, or his neck?
> <snip>
> But if Snape actually did lose control in that final Occlumency 
> lesson, then he is not trying to harm Harry by discontinuing them. 
> He's trying to protect him.
> 
> As he has done throughout the books to date.
 

What an analysis!  I agree about Snape ending the Occlumency lessons 
for the sake of protection, with Harry's protection being part of 
this.  I also think Snape may have realized that he does not hate 
Harry, and if this feeling/thought were available to Voldemort, it 
would put Snape, Harry, and the entire Order into harm's way.  If 
Snape is a spy for the Order, LV and the DEs need to believe he 
hates Harry; if they don't, all is in jeopardy.  Is that an 
appropriate extrapolation?

Julie