THEORY: Unifying Occlumency Theory

[frugalarugala]

No: HPFGUIDX 116359


I'm trying to conform Dumbledore's more... questionable... actions in 
regards to the school and Harry with what we know about occlumency 
and legilimency, rather than writing it off to his being either evil, 
random, reactionary or just nuts. I don't think relaxation enters 
into it. I think that at least three of the four known occlumens 
having (prosumably) abusive backgrounds suggests that it's a closed-
off, defensive frame of mind thing, and going on from there, that 
they're trying to manipulate Draco (and the rest of the Slytherins) 
into being trusting of Snape, basically tenderizing him for easier 
brain-picking. We've got a bunch of cannon behaviors which *must* be 
constructive somehow to the plot. 

--Frugalarugala