ESE!Snape (Was loads of other stuff)

[potioncat]

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> Potioncat wrote:
> >>What I've never understood is why Snape was teaching Potter. It
> seems LV would have easily found out.<<
> 
> HunterGreen:
> How exactly? Obviously he's not going to find out from Snape's 
mind, 
> because of the aforementioned Occulmency, and I don't see how he 
> could find out from Harry either. We all know that Harry was 
getting 
> glimpses of Voldemort's emotions/thoughts/plans etc., but does it 
> work both ways? 

Potioncat again:
OoP chapter 37, pp.827--829, 833.

I hope no one minds, I'm going to paraphrase.  
LV realizes that Harry is in his mind during the attack on Arthur.
DD is afraid LV will figure out that the connection can go both 
ways.  LV would force himself into Harry's mind to misdirect Harry's 
thoughts.  DD did not want LV to know that he and Harry were close, 
because LV would then be able to spy on DD.  "He might try and 
possess you."

DD did not want to "..open your mind even further to LV while in my 
presence," (via teaching occlumency.)

So, unless I'm missing something, if all that applied to DD, then it 
applied to Snape as well. So LV could have seen Snape teaching Harry 
occlumency.  The difference being that if LV caught a glimpse of the 
lessons with Snape, he'd see an angry, resentful Harry. But still, I 
think it could have compromised Snape's position with LV (assuming 
he is indeed, still somewhat trusted by LV)

I also wonder (apologist that I am) that if Snape knows that LV 
might be able to see random thoughts in Harry's head, then all 
thoughts about Snape better be bad ones!

Potioncat