THEORY: Unifying Occlumency Theory/Ollivander?

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 116402


Frugakarugala:
> 
> 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. 

Finwitch:

In Harry's case, at least, it's *emotions* that help him resist. It's
in *anger* that he resists Dursleys, for instance. Even as early as
the first book, particularly in the letter scene, but with Aunt Marge
it is most clear. And as he's getting angry at Snape during the
O-lessons, not only does Harry block Snape, but returns the spell
instantly. (Much like with the AK that Halloween night...)
The reason why Harry's not willing to jump on the desk is emotionally
similar to his over-night-growing hair...

Interestingly, Snape keeps telling him to practice *ridding* himself
of emotions. That may help Snape do it, but for Harry, it just makes
things WORSE.

BTW, I find it entirely possible that Mr Ollivander is a Legimens of
sorts, and a good one at that. I mean, with the requirement of usual
eye-contact. With just about any other character, we're told things
about hair, body-build and clothes - eyes are referenced not all that
often. With Mr Ollivander, his large, pale and misty *eyes* that Harry
finds creepy get *lots* of attention.

He also doesn't need introduction. He's the second person to say Harry
has his mother's eyes (then he goes on about the wands). Ollivander
says nothing about Harry looking like his father like most people... 

He just KNOWS so much, and not just about wands!

Anyway, I also think Ollivander is blind by Muggle standards, but he
can sense magic, and detect every detail in a wand. In fact, he
recognises people by their wands, I think, and the wand tells him more
 of a person than what others can detect by looks. If he's not using
Legilemency to find out a person's name, that is. He's so subtle with
it that the person his searching doesn't even feel he's being X-rayed...

Finwitch