Snape, Harry, Dumbledore, and flaws in the books

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 105992

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Agnes Raggett" 
<aggie at r...> wrote:

> I'm with Huntergreen.  This was never going to work, as DD 
realises in the end (but too late!).  If the tutor and the student do 
not appreciate each other then it will NOT work.  This was forced 
onto both of them.  Had Lupin been able to teach it then I'm sure 
it would have worked because Lupin would have got Harry 
interested.  Snape (and Harry) just wanted to get done and out.   
> 

Nope, I don't think  it would have worked even if Lupin had taught 
Harry. Nothing to do with ESE!Lupin theory here, just that even 
after Harry made some progress at Occlumency, he never tried 
to use it to control  the dreams or to keep himself from dwelling 
on what he saw in them.  

The situation is similar (and I can't believe I never noticed this 
before) to the one that obtains in The Empire Strikes Back. Luke 
gets a vision of his friends in trouble, can't keep the vision out of 
his head, and rushes off to save them against the counsel of his 
mentors.

 I don't think Lupin would have had any more luck with 
Harry than  Yoda and Ben had with Luke. Harry, like Luke, was 
ignorant that he was the last hope, and too precious in the eyes 
of his teachers to be sacrificed for the life of another. It doesn't 
really matter that the vision of Sirius was false--even if Sirius had 
truly been held captive, Harry shouldn't have gone after him.

Pippin