photo vs. painting in magical world/DD's legilimency & 1st OoP/worse than death

[boyd_smythe]

No: HPFGUIDX 80459

> Serena Moonsilver wrote:
> It's very possible that Dumbledore did know that Peter was the spy 
> and was continuing to let him act in that manner as a way of having 
> an in on Voldemort (ie, using Peter to pass along false 
> information).  To this end, Dumbledore may not have told anyone who 
> the spy was.
> 
> Then when the Potters go into hidding, they switch their secret-
> keeper at the last minute without informing Dumbledore (as much has 
> been said in PoA, Dumbledore testimony put Sirius in Azkaban).  
> Dumbledore therefore can't warn the Potters not to use Peter.
> 
> Serena <


I like to think of DD as JKR's embodiment of goodness. True, he may 
not be perfect in knowledge or skills (particularly when it comes to 
understanding the emotions of a teenaged boy), but he always *means* 
well. And maybe I'm forgetting something, but I can't recall ever 
hearing of DD killing anyone.

If that is the case, then perhaps DD never uses spells that are always 
bad. We know the Unforgivables, of course, but isn't the only use of 
Legilimency to probe another's thoughts, violating their privacy and 
personhood?

That would explain why DD doesn't always know who is lying to him, and 
why he sends Harry to Snape to learn Occlumency. Snape could be 
reasonably good at Legilemency simply because he was a DE.

BTW, this doesn't imply that DD can't do Occlumency; he is clearly 
extremely good at that. Occlumency does not violate another, it simply 
protects oneself.

-Remnant