What Dumbledore knew [was: Re: Possession: Taking it Further]

[Beth]

No: HPFGUIDX 119855


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "annemehr" <annemehr at y...>
wrote:

[snip lots of fun theorizing]
> 
> And while you're at it, anyone with a theory about how Dumbledore
knew
> what saved Harry from possession in the MoM, please feel free to
> share.  If he knew Harry was thinking of Sirius and his heart filled
> with emotion, how did DD find out, was Harry speaking out loud? If
> it's merely that DD knows what "the power behind the locked door"
is,
> knows that Harry possesses it in vast quantities, and knows LV can't
> stand to be around it, then why was he afraid of Harry being
possessed
> in the first place?
> 
> Annemehr

Beth: Just a thought: Perhaps a someone "highly skilled at
Legilimency", as LV is reported by Snape to be in Ch. 24, OoP, doesn't
make as much as an impact as Snape does when they're probing another's
thoughts. Sort of like an expert cat burglar vs. the guy who got stuck
in the chimney. Snape says that LV almost always knows when someone is
lying to him. What if this is because he's attuned to lies since they
are so much a part of what he is and Dumbledore can pick up on
thoughts of love (and maybe other non-Dark Side powers) without being
"noticed" because he's much more aligned that way? (I'm sure someone
else could state this more clearly!)

Perhaps this was an additional "fatal flaw" in Dumbledore's plan; that
he wasn't sure Harry did possess vast quantities of love, considering
that Harry didn't experience any for 10 years of his life.