Imperius Resistance and Occlumency -THE REAL STORY

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 122797


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, juli17 at a... wrote:
> Julie says:
> I hadn't thought of it this way, but it could explain one thing
> that bothered me about Snape's reaction. WHY was he so angry
> that Harry saw this scene of the Marauders bullying him? (Snip)
> is he furious that Harry witnessed his humiliation, or furious
> that Harry's action may have put both their lives further at risk? 

 Julie 

Tonks now:

Good thought! I had assumed that it was Snape's emotions about James 
that triggered this. But you make a good point. Either way Snape's 
emotional response is the danger. Snape must be unemotional when 
dealing with LV in person,or in Harry.

Of course, we could expand on this. If the pensive scene also 
included snips from where James saves Snape's life, Snape would not 
want LV to know that he has a life debt to James. But we do not see 
that. So going by what we do see, I stick with my orginal idea that 
Snape put the scene in the pensive to protect Harry from LV 
triggering Snape's rage during the Occlumency lessons.

Tonks_op