Snape questions

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 105537

Sherry Gomes wrote:
> something struck me that I hadn't ever really thought of before.  In 
> OOTP, we are told that Snape is a skilled legilimens--did I spell 
> that correctly?

Del replies :
Hum, in fact, now that you mention it, that's not exactly what we are
told. We are told that Snape is a superb Occlumens, and we are shown
that he can use Legilimency on Harry. But I don't think we are ever
told that Snape is terribly good at Lagilimency. DD, for example,
seems able to use Legilimency on someone without a wand, without
saying the spell, and even without eye contact. But we don't know that
Snape can do that. Any time he uses Legilimency on Harry, he uses his
wand and the spell, even if there might not always be eye-contact.

So it could be that Snape is not such a good Legilimens. I know he
always seems to know when Harry has been lying, but that could just be
good psychology or something like that. And I guess it must be even
harder to use Legilimency when excited, stressed or angry.

Just my guess,

Del