Why has DD never suggested Snape thank Harry? (Was: Why has DD never suggest

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 117483


Eggplant wrote :
" At the time in question Harry had just saved the entire Wizarding
world (including Snape) from a terrible fate; in fact although he had
not yet reached his 13'Th birthday this was the second time he had
done so."

Del replies :

PS/SS : it's not clear at all whether QuirrellMort would ever have
found the way to get to the Stone. Everything points to the fact that
he would NOT have been able to retrieve it, since he wanted to use it.
And eventually DD would have come back and dealt with him.

CoS : even if Diary!Tom had managed to get himself a real body, I
really don't think he would have been any real adversary to DD. A
nuisance, more like, that DD would have dealt with pretty easily.

So I'm not sure what you were talking about, but I can see that up to
his 13th birthday, Harry had saved the world "only" once, as a baby, 
through no merit of his own.

Eggplant wrote :
" Everybody said that in order to learn Occlumency your mind needs to
be as calm as possible,"

Del replies :
Who is that "everybody" ?

Snape himself didn't tell Harry to have a calm mind, he told him to
*clear* his mind, which is not the same.

Eggplant wrote :
" Harry repeatedly said that Snape's lessons weakened his ability to
resist Voldemort's attacks, everybody seems to ignore this but I think
it's important."

Del replies :
This might simply be because Harry wasn't practicing. Maybe Snape's
lessons did indeed open Harry's mind, but this was supposed to be
countered by Harry practicing Occlumency every day. Maybe that is the
way one learns Occlumency. But Harry didn't practice, rendering the
lessons useless and maybe even downright dangerous. After all, if
there IS something that "everyone" kept telling Harry, it was to
*practice* Occlumency.

Del