The scar connection: is JKR cheating?

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 91628

nkafkafi wrote:
> > The interesting "second Voldemort war" thread from a few days 
ago 
> > made me do some research into the mind connection between Harry 
and 
> > LV, and I discovered a strange inconsistency in its description. 
> > 
> > In OotP both Snape and DD tell us that the scar marks a 
connection 
> > between the minds of Harry and LV. A logical implication of this 
> > connection is that, when Harry receives perceptions from LV's 
mind, 
> > he should see them from LV's point of view. And indeed, this is 
how 
> > Harry's "visions" are described.


Annemehr:
<snip>
> I think what JKR is writing here is a progression: the scar 
connection
> has been increasing in strength and effect.  As you say, in the 
early
> books all Harry ever perceives is pain from it.
> 
> In GoF the visions begin.  They are from a point of view external 
to
> Voldemort.  Harry is seeing events, hearing conversations as an
> outside observer.  Perhaps this is one reason Voldemort remains
> unaware of it so far.
> 
> In OoP we see the connection strengthening by leaps and bounds.  
When
> Harry feels a sharp pain in his scar (more than just the 
prickling),
> he begins to find he can connect an emotion that Voldemort is 
feeling
> to the event.  For the first time, Harry is getting *inside*
> Voldemort's head.  


Jen: Yes, what Annemehr said! But also that LV is actually back 
to 'full power and strength' meaning the connection will intensify 
naturally. 

But then I started thinking, what changed between GOF and OOTP? Like 
nkafkafi said, we didn't have an inkling the curse scar was more 
than a warning sign for LV returning to power before OOTP.

At the end of GOF, Dumbledore is still describing the curse scar as 
an 'alarm bell', hurting when LV is "close by or feeling 
particularly muderous." (US, chap. 36, p. 706)

In beginning of OOTP, Harry still considers this to be the function 
of his scar hurting: "...In the past his scar hurting had warned 
that Voldemort was getting stronger again, but now that Voldemort 
was back they would probably remind him that its regular irritation 
was only to be expected." (chap. 1, p. 10) 

We're not given information about why Dumbledore decided that the 
scar actually joins Harry and LV, that there was more than an 'alarm 
bell' function going on. I'm wondering now if the 'blood of my 
enemy' is what's actually causing the fusing of LV and Harry, not 
the curse scar? Or intensifying it perhaps? Perhpas that was the key 
that made DD realize there was more connection than he initially 
thought, leading to his avoidance of Harry very early in OOTP, 
before we get the official explanation.