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

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 119860


Annemehr before:
> > 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.

> 
> 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!)

Annemehr:
Beth! I could kiss you!

Well, okay, that might be a little difficult...

Sure, LV pops into the atrium and announces that Harry's telling the
truth about the prophecy breaking, and everybody thinks, yeah, that's
right, he can tell if Harry's lying. Never thought about what DD might
be especially good at picking up.  Then Harry did wake up from the
possession with DD about an inch from his face, didn't he?  Though his
eyes were closed, he had to open them when he came to.  They may have
been open just before, when LV was controlling him, though.

That must have been something from DD's point of view, looking into
Harry's eyes and hearing LV speaking to him from behind there.  It may
have been a struggle seeing past Voldemort's thoughts to find Harry's
beneath.  Definitely creepy, too.

I'd love it if Jo would someday decide to write some of this story
from other characters' points of view.  It's probably a forlorn hope,
though.

Annemehr