[HPforGrownups] Re: "I thought he could overcome his feelings..."

[tiffany black]

No: HPFGUIDX 129295

a_svirn:
>> It is also the man who is supposed to be a "superb Ocllumence".
>> Well, he has to be, because whenever his loyalties lie, he is
>> successfully deceiving at least one of the two most powerful
>> wizards in the Potterverse (if not both of them). And doesn't the
>> first requirement for Occlumency is the ability to detach oneself
>> from one's emotions? If Snape is capable to achieve this with LV,
>> surely he can handle Harry? And if he can't it makes one really
>> wonder about his motivations.
>> Personally, I think that he perfectly able to "overcome his
>> emotions" in an emergency and that he staged the whole episode 
>> with the Pensieve.


SSSusan:
> I'm not trying to *disagree* with you about the Pensieve scene; I'm
> just genuinely curious what you make of our Potions Master in the 
> PoA scene and whether you think he was acting or that it was a true
> exception to his being able to control his emotions.  You make a 
> good point that Snape has told us a successful Occlumens must be 
> able to control his emotions, and, well, Snape *is* still alive, 
> so he must be able to do that at times.

Tiffany:

Hi. Maybe the thing is that Snape just doesn't react to Voldemort in the same way he reacts to Harry. maybe, because neither Tom Riddle or his father ever picked on Snape in school, and because Voldemort just doesn't matter to Snape in the same way Harry does, Snape finds it easier to cut off his own emotions around Voldemort. Maybe Snape's bad temper was also supposed to give Harry a taste of what he might be up against in the 'real world". If he could master his own emotions around a hostile Snape then maybe he could master his emotions around a really hostile Voldemort.


Tiffany