Lupin's mind powers was Re: DD and the rat: Conspiracy theories compared [LONG]

[mightymaus75]

No: HPFGUIDX 117208


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
>
> Pippin:
> > In chapter 10, Harry is unable to ask his question about why 
> > dementors affect him so strongly, but Lupin answers it, "as 
> > though he had read Harry's mind."
> > 
> > In chapter 17, Lupin is shown "staring so intently at Black it 
> > seemed he was trying to read his mind." 
> 
> Carol:
> Yes. We have similar statements regarding Snape, but no solid
> evidence of Legilimency (beyond Snape's Legilimens spell) for
> either of them. And of course, we also have the unreliable 
> narrator, who as usual is giving us Harry's perception rather than
> fact. Note "as though" and "seemed" in the quotes.
> 

There is also this instance in OotP where Lupin seemed to read 
Harry's mind: "'A surprising number of people volunteered to come and 
get you,' said Lupin, as though he had read Harry's mind; the corners 
of his mouth twitched slightly." - [OotP]

Of course these instances can be seen as just a description of 
Harry's perception of the situation. You have to be very careful 
though when JKR starts using similes. While similes normally are used 
to better describe a scene or object by comparing it to something 
else, JKR has a habit of using them to literally describe what is 
going on. A few examples:

"A rustling noise nearby made all three of them jump. Winky the house-
elf was fighting her way out of a clump of bushes nearby. She was 
moving in a most peculiar fashion, apparently with great difficulty; 
it was as though someone invisible were trying to hold her back." – 
[GoF]

"'Now stay still, everyone, while I give us a bit of light in here,' 
Moody whispered.
The others' hushed voices were giving Harry an odd feeling of 
foreboding; it was as though they had just entered the house of a 
dying person." – [OotP]

"When the last person – Zacharias – had signed, Hermione took the 
parchment back and slipped it carefully into her bag. There was an 
odd feeling in the group now. It was as though they had just signed 
some kind of contract." – [OotP]

Winky was of course being held back by an invisible someone, Harry 
did enter the house of a dying person, and Hermione had made them 
sign a kind of contract. I'm willing to bet good money that Lupin is 
in fact a Legilimens.

-Maus