Simple!Snape? / Occlumency, Legilimency

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 124864



> SSSusan:
> If these are the two missing pieces which explain everything, then 
> I have another question to add to those of Neri's (to which you 
> already responded).  It's a very old question, one which has been 
> asked here by me and others many times, but I'm not positive your 
> two missing pieces quite explain it.
> 
> Why does Snape, especially after he *knows* Voldy has indeed 
> returned, NOT do everything in his power to ensure that Harry is 
> learning everything he can about how to defeat Voldemort?


a_svirn:

Even if Snape IS committed to the DD's side (which we by no means 
know for sure) he still hates Harry. It would be too much I'm afraid 
to expect him to pull Lupin during their Occlumency lessons just so 
Harry would feel more at ease. Besides Harry himself wasn't helping, 
was he? He WANTED to be able to "read You-Know-Who's mind", as Ron 
phrased it. He simply did not want to sever this connection, 
because he believed it to be rather useful one. 

And even so they did some kind of progress, didn't they? The thing 
is, at some point a strange thing happened – the Door opened right 
during their Legillimency session. And it clearly frightened Snape. 
Might he have been afraid that LV (who was obviously invading 
Harry's mind at the moment) noticed his own presence there? I mean, 
if DD didn't feel like exposing himself to LV via Legillimency why 
Snape couldn't think along the same lines? For him it could have 
been just as dangerous if not more. Personally, I think that "his 
worst memory" episode was staged, so he could get himself out of 
this predicament. 

a_svirn