ESE!Snape (Was loads of other stuff)

[huntergreen_3]

No: HPFGUIDX 98409

HunterGreen (previously):
>>> why did Voldemort not figure this out
until the whole snake attacking Arthur incident?<<<

Cassie: 
>>That was explained in the book. 
[snip] that Arthur incident, which was such an extreme violation of 
his thoughts/emotions that he couldn't help but notice. After that he 
deduced he might be able to get into Harry's mind.<<

HunterGreen:
I understand that he found out Harry was accessing his mind by means 
of the snake incident.
What I was wondering about is if he was able to look at Harry's 
thoughts the way Harry is able to look at his, then why wasn't he 
getting glimpses of Harry's mind the way Harry was glimpsing his? 
Clearly, Voldemort would be bright enough to figure out what he'd be 
looking at if he had any look into Harry's life / mind (certainly if 
he had any of Harry's nightmares since they centered on the 
graveyard). What I got from the book was after the snake thing, 
Voldemort realized the link was there and decided to use to to 
*plant* things in Harry's mind, which is different than having a look 
into Harry's thoughts.

Cassie: 
>>Like I said above, if the connect works exactly the same both ways
(which makes me wonder if Harry could plant things in LV's mind 0.0) 
There is a chance that Voldemort could see through Harry's eyes 
without his knowledge.<<

HunterGreen:
But I don't think it necessarily works both ways. If he could 
wouldn't he use the connect that way as opposed to simply putting 
thoughts in Harry's head? I guess he could be doing both, but there's 
been no indication that Voldemort found anything out that Harry 
knows. IMO, the whole thing would be too weighty a plotline, 
Voldemort could essentially know *anything* that Harry finds out, in 
which case I hope Dumbledore would be smart enough to not bring Harry 
to Grimmauld Place, and let Snape teach him Occulmency. 

I think we're just both seeing this different ways (which is the 
point of discussion, I suppose (o;...by the way could you make your 
own text stand out better against the quoted things [with "" or >><<] 
I was getting a little confused reading the post).

Cassie:
>>I think there is a quote where Dumbledore says he thought he saw a 
shadow of Voldemort stirring behind Harry's eyes. And then there are 
those parts where Harry describes feeling as though a dormant snake 
were rising inside of him.

Of course, we can't be sure.<<

HunterGreen:
I think that might just be him coming out of living Voldemort's 
thoughts. Remember, he is slipping into VD's mind, that can't be 
pleasant.