Who is the adult (Was: Who's to blame for Occlumency?)

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 100709


> And remember, in the end, occlumency wasn't important after all.  It 
> didn't help Harry one bit. 

Had Harry been able to block the image of Sirius being tortured, I think that 
might have helped.

 So how could Snape have failed at a job 
> that didn't really matter?  I think its strongly suggested in the end 
> that DD knew about Snape and Harry's falling out and, by that time, 
> had an inkling that occlumency wasn't going to be that important.  If 
> he thought it was important at that time, then wouldn't he have at 
> least told Harry to keep practicing on his own?  Wouldn't he have 
> sent someone - Lupin, Sirius, etc. - to tell Harry that?  


As he was fleeing Hogwarts on the back of Fawkes' tail, Dumbledore told 
Harry to keep studying it. That means D-Dore thought it was important.

> I really suspect that DD hoped all along that occlumency would be a 
> way for Harry and Snape to resolve some of their differences, in 
> addition to teaching occlumency.  

Maybe if there wasn't a war on, D-Dore could indulge in such manipulative 
diplomacy, but I don't agree. 

D-Dore wanted Snape to do a job and Snape couldn't or wouldn't do it. Harry 
certainly didn't hold up his end, but  -- I keep returning to this -- Snape is the 
adult AND he knows much more of what is at stake.

Darrin