Occlumency Lessons / Snape's Nastiness

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 108715

> "Bex" <hubbarrk at r...> wrote:
> > On another thought, maybe it was a good thing Snape taught 
> > Harry at least a little about Occlumency. Harry has to clear his 
> > emotions in order to block out LV. Sure, it's easy when you 
> > aren't upset, but it's much harder when you are fighting with a 
> > teacher you hate. <snip>
 

Only trouble is that Harry never learned how to do that, only to do 
so. Also, "learning" occlumency with Snape only made things worse. I 
also have a theory about that...

First off, Harry's scar is one link to Voldemort. Dark Mark is yet 
another link to Voldemort. (Snape has one, and that's why Harry's 
scar reacted when *both* Quirrell(with Voldemort at the back of his 
head) were close by.
It took three things: Scar, Dark Mark AND Voldemort's presence.

At this point, Voldemort was *very* weak. Quirrellmort alone does not 
activate the scar. (or Harry would have been getting head-aches 
troughout the DADA lessons and realised it was Quirrell, not Snape!)
(later in the first book... was Scabbers (or Peter) in the forest? Or 
maybe the death of Unicorn was the THIRD part.)

Next time we hear of Harry's scar hurting - Voldemort has a DE, who 
also has a link to Harry (life-debt) next to him. He also kills 
someone with that killing curse... and Harry feels it as a pain.

5th book - supposedly the fact that Voldemort used *Harry's blood* 
and *Pettigrew's flesh* for his restorative potion, make Voldemort's 
feelings easier to leak over to Harry (noticed). Now Harry *knows* 
what Voldemort is feeling currently with no extra around.

Then Snape who bears a Dark Mark forms a mind-link to him! It's no 
wonder Harry has it bad with Snape there... And as Harry, being 15 
(and therefore subject to strong emotions due to hormonal disbalance) 
has trouble to control his own emotions, is ALREADY subject to 
feeling what Voldemort feels and gets even MORE load from Snape - in 
the hard way, is it wonder Voldemort got to Harry?

And the person I blame for this mistake is Albus Dumbledore. Which 
ever side Snape's on, he STILL has the Dark Mark in his left arm. 
Honestly, if Dumbledore truly wanted to end Harry's connection to 
Voldemort, having him regularly form a mind link (although trying to 
stop it) with someone who ALSO has an active, scarlike connection to 
Voldemort?

Are Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape truly the only ones who can 
use a Legilimens spell? Hermione would learn, I'm sure. Why not teach 
her (while she and Ron were at the HQ), and then let her teach Harry 
if Dumbledore was so worried about Voldemort-possessed Harry trying 
to kill him?

I also wonder: Is Aberforth Dumbledore a legilimens?
 
Finwitch