Snape the Occlumens

[Wanda Sherratt]

No: HPFGUIDX 79472

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sarcasticmuppet" 
<sarcasticmuppet at y...> wrote:
  The only 
> thing I could possibly see wrong with it is this:  Would Voldemort 
> know that his Legillimency is being blocked?  If he looked inside 
> Snape's head and constantly found it empty, would he suspect 
> Occlumency or stupidity?  If he knew Snape was hiding memories 
from 
> him, would he suspect that Snape is a spy?  If so, what game was 
Mr. 
> V. playing before his downfall?

This I don't know.  We never got a good look at *successful* 
Occlumency, except in flashes.  Harry was obviously just a beginner, 
and his ability to repulse Snape was intermittent.  Maybe the 
difference between this and what a really accomplished Occlumens can 
do is as great as Harry's first fizzy Patronus and the complete one 
he was eventually able to produce.  Perhaps Snape is so skilled, he 
can hide his thoughts seamlessly, so Voldemort thinks he is seeing 
everything there is to see, instead of encountering obstructions or 
blanks.

Wanda