[HPforGrownups] Re: Occlumency, Narcissistic!Snape?

[Janet Anderson]

No: HPFGUIDX 127539

Jen Reese <stevejjen at earthlink.net> suggested:

>The rage Harry feels almost constantly toward Snape may not be the
>kind of thing a Legilimens is skilled at retrieving. Like the
>Dementors not being able to suck Sirius dry because he held onto his
>obsession, perhaps a Legilimens cannot access memories attached to a
>powerful feeling like rage.
>
>Or, they may be *harder* to access and those vulnerable memories are
>easier to get at. In that case, Harry could be a better Occlumens than
>Snape gives him credit for, like you said.

Furthermore, this could be the answer to the question "How is Snape able to 
continue as a double agent when most of the WW knows he's ostensibly working 
for Dumbledore?"  Perhaps even if Voldemort is a Legilimens, Snape's smoke 
screen of rage and hatred -- two things Voldemort wouldn't care about or be 
surprised by -- are keeping him from learning the truth.


Janet Anderson