[HPforGrownups] Stopping Occlumency

[annegirl11 at juno.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 114669

Alex said:
> I'm not totally sure, in Snape's place, that I would be
> entirely willing to *break the law* to teach a student I didn't 
> like,

You would if it meant the difference between life as you know it staying
the same or Voldemort rising and destroying the world.  Your argument
makes sense in the real world, but the Order is trying to prevent an
apocalypse, or something close to it. Snape knows this irritating,
irresponsible little Potter kid is a key in the war; he does what he has
to do, as he's always done in war.

> *We*, since we have been inside Harry's head  for
> the last five years, know that he's not about to run to Umbridge 
> and say "Snape's violating Eductional Decree 26 every week by teaching 
> me Occlumency."  But does Snape know that?

If he's been poking around in Harry's head *and* has been given the
go-ahead from DD, then yes, I think Snape knows he's safe. IMO, Snape had
to trust Harry for the same reason Harry had to trust Snape: because DD
said so.

>  but that
> doesn't mean he wasn't looking for an excuse to stop *breaking the
> law* in order to conduct them.  

Snape may be a self-motivated git, but he's been a spy for a long time.
He knows about personal risk for higher priorities. 

I don't think Umbridge really scared him, anyway, aside from wanting to
stay off her radar so he could do his job for the Order. No beaurocrat
could be more capable of more violence than Voldemort or his (possibly
more dangerous) DE's. 

Aura


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