Occlumency, Narcissistic!Snape?

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No: HPFGUIDX 127551


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Janet Anderson" 
<norek_archives2 at h...> wrote:
> Jen Reese <stevejjen at e...> 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


Another question to pose:  Are Harry's anger/rage and Snape's 
anger/rage serving the same purpose?  Anger is a powerful emotion.  
One of its functions is to protect against vulnerability.  Could 
this protective aspect be in play, particularly with a Legilimens, 
secondary to the aspect of vulnerability?

Julie