[HPforGrownups] OOP: Reading Minds/ was OOP: Re: Crazy Neville Theory

[Kelly Grosskreutz]

No: HPFGUIDX 65083

dream wrote:
>
> >Well, first thing would be that in the book it is mentioned that
> >Snape is great in Oclumancy not Legilimency. So maybe his abilities
> >in this last one are limited and he cant do it without his wand. we
> >see Snape reading Harry's thoughts with his wand all the time.
>
> My guess would be that that's basically true, though I do think that Snape
> can tell if Harry's lying, even without his wand, since there's times in
> the past when he definitely seemed to know that Harry was hiding something
> from him or lying to him (and Harry often wondered before if he could read
> minds). He probably needs his wand to actually be able to get into his
> memories though.

I still am not sure he truly was reading his mind.  Keep in mind in the
first couple of book that Harry was still a kid in many ways.  12 year old
kids might think they're being really clever and doing an excellent job
lying, but that doesn't mean that all adults are fooled by the kid's lies.
For all we know, Harry didn't look all that convincing and Snape, who of
course is looking for the worst in Harry anyway, is good at catching it.
Does not mean he was always reading Harry's mind.  Personally, I wonder how
good he is at it without actually performing the Legilimens spell.

Kelly Grosskreutz
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