Snape's Fury (was: The Shrieking Shack-did Snape have ulterior motives?)

[eloiseherisson at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 85902


Corinth:
> First point, we have been given no indication that Snape is an expert 
> legilimens, only occlumens.  The two seem to be completely separate 
> skills.  So I don't find it strange that he wasn't able to figure 
> these things out.

Yes, I was conflating two things as David sweetly managed to point out 
yesterday without actually saying it. ;-)

I guess I just see the one as going with the other. But at the same time, I 
*do* think that JKR wants us to think that Snape is a Legilimens, though this, 
of course, could be misdirection. Throughout the other books, we have 
repeatedly been told that Harry has had the experience of feeling that Snape could 
read his mind. I don't think his famed ability to put two and two together is 
only because he is good at deduction.

~Eloise
 




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