Why it was less risky to use Snape was Re: Who is the adult

[pippin_999]

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> Ally:
> 
> I think this a big question and, to me, raises some real 
questions  about the REAL reason DD wanted Snape to give 
these lessons.  He said  it was too much of a risk to Harry and 
the Order for him to give the  lessons himself - that Voldie might 
realize and try to use Harry as a  weapon.  Well, doesn't the 
same risk apply with Snape?  Why on earth wouldn't it?  If 
anything, its hinted that the Dark Mark gives Voldie 
> some deeper connection to those who bear it, so Snape 
teaching the  lessons would be doubly risky, no?
> 

Pippin:
Harry did not get the feeling a snake was inside him when he 
looked Snape in the eye. I don't believe this is an inconsistency; I 
think it has to do with the way the scar connection works. There's 
no indication that Voldemort gets feedback from the scar, ie, he 
can't tell when the scar is hurting Harry. So while Harry has an 
indicator that tells him when he is picking up thoughts and 
feelings from Voldemort, Voldemort has no such indicator to tell 
him he is getting thoughts from Harry.  In fact, we are told he did 
not realize it was happening until the attack on Arthur.

So how *did* Voldemort realize he was getting Harry's thoughts? 
Because in that instance they were so different from what 
Voldemort himself would feel.  When Voldemort found himself 
filled with horror at the idea of attacking Arthur,  he knew those 
couldn't be *his* thoughts, and he was able to focus on their 
source.  

The same was true of Dumbledore. When Harry looked 
Dumbledore in the eye he felt a surge of love and hope so strong 
it caught Voldemort's attention, and Voldemort knew those 
couldn't be his own feelings. But  Harry doesn't have warm, fuzzy 
feelings about Snape, so Voldemort can't distinguish Harry's 
feelings  from his own miasma of hatred and resentment. 

Pippin