Voldemort's Boggart - My theory

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Subhash Sane <crownless_aragorn at y...> wrote:
> What would Boggart turn into if he sees Voldemort? 
> Well, I am trying to answer this question and the answer is simple
> and straight. Voldemort will see Boggart in his original form. 
> 
> We can say that Boggart doesn't need a wand to do this type of 
> legilimency. Yes, I am talking about legilimency. Boggart 
> penetrates the mind of his client and immediately gains the 
> knowledge of `HIS/HER FEAR'. And after that, it takes the shape of 
> that fear. That's how it works. 
> 
> Now comes the question of wizards like Voldemort, Dumbledore, and 
> Snape who have mastered Occlumency. If they see a Boggart, they can 
> easily close their minds to him and hence Boggart is confused and 
> is forced to take no shape at all. Hence, Boggart won't take any 
> shape when he will see Voldemort or Dumbledore or Snape. 


SSSusan:
This certainly makes SENSE -- that is, that the way a Boggart works 
is by some mechanism similar to Legilimency.  But still, I'm 
wondering whether we can make this assumptive leap.  It may be 
something *similar* to the effect of Legilimency, but IS it actually 
a form of Legilimency?  And even if it is something related, do we 
know that Occlumency would work to stop it?

I'm not convinced it works that way. In fact, I think a 
Boggart "works" on everyone it "sees."  (Heck, we don't even know 
that it DIDN'T turn into whatever Moody's boggarts always turn into, 
do we?  [Away from books -- could be wrong!])  I'm one of those who 
wonders whether Lupin doesn't have some skill in Legilimency, based 
upon those looks he's sometimes given and the feeling Harry's gotten 
more than once that Lupin was reading his mind.  Yet Boggarts do take 
a shape for Lupin.

So, while you could be right -- and I think it's an excellent note of 
the similarity between how a Boggart works & how Legilimency works -- 
I'm not quite convinced.

For me the interesting question is, assuming you're wrong and that 
wizards or witches skilled at Occlumency *do* still see their 
greatest fear, WHAT WOULD VOLDY SEE?

Would he see DD?
Would he see some manifestation of death?
Would he see Harry?

Siriusly Snapey Susan