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

[mnaper2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 100805

> 
> Pippin:
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

Ally:

Ah, excellent point Pippin.  I hadn't put those things together.  I 
still think that DD might have hoped that Snape and Harry would make 
some inroads personally during occlumency, especially in light of his 
emphasis on camaraderie and trust within the Order, but this makes 
the reason DD would have chosen Snape at the outset more clear.

But, once Voldie knew that he was tapped into Harry's thoughts, from 
that moment on, Harry didn't have to be feeling love in order for him 
to access Harry's thoughts and manipulate him, no?  So wouldn't 
Harry's memories of practicing occlumency with Snape be accessible?