[HPforGrownups] Re: OoP, Snape, Mission

[Kelly Grosskreutz]

No: HPFGUIDX 61832


> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kirstini" <kirst_inn at y...>
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> > So. Snape's secret mission at the end of GoF. Didn't ever find out
> > what that was, did we? Most we ever got was that Sirius had heard
> > about it and was jealous. But then Sirius by that point was jealous
> > of Harry/Dementor attack. Bless him. I might cry again.
> > Dolores (ftttoooooh!) had Snape under probation by the end of her
> > reign. Why? The Ministry is in Malfoy's pocket. Malfoy still
> > approves of Snape enough not to have mentioned anything to Draco
> > (not good at hiding knowledge), and he's been utterly loose-lipped
> > about everything else. Something isn't adding up here.
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> What if Snape was really opening up Harry's mind for Vldemort in
> Occulmency lessons? Maybe Snape has to try to prove to Voldemort his
> loyalty.
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> jenniferm752002

Kelly:

Maybe he didn't even have to make an effort to open up Harry's mind to prove
his loyalty?  Maybe he knew that an aftereffect of the lessons would be to
make Harry slightly more vulnerable than normal?  Although Harry might not
have had as many problems with it if he had actually done what Snape told
him to do and try to clear his mind before he went to sleep.

Another related thought to this is that Snape told Harry that he would know
if Harry had not been practicing this.  Maybe he would know because he
himself would be trying to work on Harry while he was asleep.  Personally, I
don't think this is the case, but it is just a thought.  Personally, I don't
think Snape was trying to open Harry's mind to Voldemort at all, but was
genuinely trying to teach Harry how to keep his thoughts closed off from
Voldemort.

Kelly Grosskreutz
http://www.idcnet.com/~ivanova