The Second Voldemort War, Stage II

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 91120


> Neri again:
> It is interesting that most people here think that LV can't get 
> information from Harry's mind. After all, Harry himself was able to 
> receive much more than emotions. He received detailed perceptions, 
> both visual, sounds and touch. So do you suggest that the channel 
> between the minds is only in one direction? From LV to Harry but not 
> the other way around?
> 
> I'd also add that there is at least one piece of canon that strongly 
> suggests the channel is bi-directional. This is the strong urge that 
> Harry feels, just before portkeying out of DD's office, to strike at 
> DD. How would LV know that Harry is near DD (a very rare event) and 
> this is the moment to strike? The only reasonable explanation I can 
> think of is that LV got some visual of DD's face through the channel. 
> And note that Harry is not aware of this. He is only aware of wanting 
> to kill DD. This means that if LV gets perceptions from Harry through 
> the channel, Harry would not know about it unless LV tries some 
> murderous move. This raises the question: how much of Harry's 
> emotions and perceptions have already leaked through the channel 
> without him being aware at all? 


Carol:
The distinction I was making is between information (facts and ideas
expressed in word--actual thoughts) and the perceptions and emotions
you're speaking of. It's the same distinction Snape makes between
Legilmency and mind reading: "The mind is not a book, Potter, to be
opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the
inside of skulls, to be perused by any invader. The mind is a complex
and many-layered thing" (OoP Am. ed. 530). So however skilled the
Legilmens at seeing and interpreting memories and sensing emotions, he
can't read the thoughts that the mind expresses in words. So
information expressed in words, like the address of the Order of the
Phoenix, would be safe from a Legilmens even without the Fidelius
charm. Or, put another way, LV would not be able to read the words in
my mind as I compose this post. Of course I'd have a hard time doing
it if he were standing next to my computer!

Carol