Shaken Dumbledore? /Snape speech to Bella again

[esmith222002]

No: HPFGUIDX 143440

Carol wrote;
Snape also asks Bellatrix tauntingly whether she believes that he has
> "somehow hoodwinked" the Dark Lord, "the most accomplished Legilimens
> the world has ever seen" (26). Bellatrix still has her doubts but
> doesn't dare to express them because that would imply that Snape is a
> greater Occlumens than LV is a Legilimens. But if we look at OoP, in
> which Snape tells Harry that only a very skilled Occlumens can lie to
> Voldemort without being detected (quote not handy, sorry) and Lupin's
> description of Snape in the same book as "a superb Occlumens," I think
> we should at least consider the possibility that that's exactly what
> Snape is doing--lying to Voldemort and getting away with it, and lying
> to Bellatrix as well. 

I must admit that I am firmly in the DDM Snape corner. However, I have 
one huge problem with the argument that Snape can protect himself from 
Voldemort's legilimency.

Snape castigates Harry in OOTP, stating that 'fools who wear their 
hearts on their sleeves' will never master occlumency. However, Snape 
always has a powerful emotional reaction whenever he is reminded of 
James/Sirius. Just look at Snape's reaction to Sirius' escape/the 
Pensieve scene/Harry's coward taunt. At these particular moments I 
doubt whether Snape's attempts at occlumency would be successful.

Now, if we are to believe that Snape really is DDM, then he is going 
out of his way to ensure that Voldemort is destroyed no matter what the 
cost. Surely Voldemort has done something to Snape that has evoked an 
emotions even more powerful than those he has for Sirius/James/Harry. 
If it was simply a case of becoming disenfranchised with Voldemort's 
philosophy, surely he would have just walked away (or at least been 
more comparable with Slughorn). 

My final point therefore is, if Snape hates Voldemort more than 
James/Sirius/Harry, then how is he managing to keep his emotions in 
check and master occlumency around him.

Brothergib (who still thinks that the bulk of evidence still favours 
DDM Snape)

Happy thanksgiving to the US.