Mind-linked!Snape (Part IV: TBAY conclusion)

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Finwitch wrote:

I really like this mind-link theory with Snape. Yes, the Dark Mark
could very well serve as the link - (honest, if Voldemort can do this
with one person, why would he use ONLY one? Surely having MORE people
similarly linked does more good than just one?) <snip>

Neri:

While developing Mind-linked!Snape (VASSAL) I considered the dark mark
as an alternative linking method. The problem is that we have very
little information about it, and from what we have it seems pretty
primitive. But I agree that there is probably something more to it. It
seems to act as a kind of conditioning device: if a DE thinks disloyal
thoughts, or even hears Voldemort's name, he gets burned. Perhaps
Snape found a way to hack this system. Perhaps the dark mark can kill
a DE who betrays Voldemort. It didn't work during the time Voldemort
was vapor, but it is supposed to work now. The fact that Snape stayed
alive was proof enough for Voldy that he's not a traitor.

Finwitch:

Anyway, I think the mind-link is a combination of both transfer-potion
(no doubt including blood) and a curse. <snip> To say the curse made
the connection, would be a simplification, not a lie.

Neri: 

OK, this gives me certain ideas. I might manage to salvage the VASSAL
yet. Check this: Voldemort didn't try to possess baby Harry in GH. He
tried to suck Harry's powers out of his brain in order to get the
power that the prophecy foretold. So he first created the mind link as
I suggested. Then he shot an AK in order to kill the baby. Voldy's
theory was that when the baby would die, his powers would be detached
from his mind and pass through the link to Voldy's mind. But since the
AK rebounded on Voldy, what happened was exactly the reverse: Voldy's
powers were transferred to Harry. In this case DD's words that they
are "connected by the curse that failed" would indeed be more of a
simplification than a lie. How does this scan?

Neri