[HPforGrownups] Re: Why Occlumency lessons failed?

[feklar]

No: HPFGUIDX 116441

> >  Eggplant Wrote:

> But that touches on another question, why did Snape's Occlumency
> lessons to Harry seem to cause more harm than good? This is what the
> book says:
>
> "'Snape made it worse, my scar always hurt worse after lessons with
> him -' Harry remembered Ron's thoughts on the subject and plunged
> on '-how do you know he wasn't trying to soften me up for Voldemort,
> make it easier for him to get inside my -'


Feklar--

I just had a thought: what if the scar hurt because the occlumency lessons
were working, partially at least, and afterwords Voldemort would have to
reestablish his place in Harry's mind.  The only time Harry was making a
conscious effort to block his mind was when Snape was attacking him.  He
generally failed to keep out Snape, but maybe his efforts were enough to
disrupt the connection with LV because the scar is a more tenuous or less
direct connection than an eye-to-eye legilimens spell.

Feklar