Can Harry do Legilimency and Occlumency WAS: Re: Is Lupin a Legilimens?

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> > Mike:
> > Could you expand on Harry being able to do Occlumency? See I've 
> > resigned myself to believing, like Harry does, that he can't do it 
> > because he can't rein in his emotions. Have I been duped by that 
> > *unreliable narrator* again?
> 
> Magpie:
> Harry can't do Occlumency--according to JKR in interviews outside 
> canon he's "too damaged," but I think also she implies it's just 
> against his nature (I'd even suggest she thinks this reflects well 
> on his character).  We don't ever see that the skill is there--on 
> the contrary, he uses own natural impulse against Snape by throwing 
> a Protego at him (something he's been working on in the DA) but 
> never actually cloaks his mind, as far as I recall.  
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Alla:

Well, yes, I am not sure whether this interview forecloses the 
possibility of Harry ever doing Occumency, but certainly it does seem 
to me as well that JKR suggests that this is against his nature and 
that this is reflects good upon him - the inability to suppress his 
emotions, etc.

I suspect that even though Dumbledore, certainly **good wizard** could 
do it, that only shows that Dumbledore was too emotionaly detached at 
times ( just speculating here, nothing more) and that in that aspect 
Harry will be better, sort of.

But JKR never said that Harry cannot do Legilimency, or did she?

**That** I speculate we will see and Harry certainly showed that he 
could attack Snape during the lessons, no?

Hmmm, maybe Harry will perform Legilimency on Snape during their 
confrontation and that way will be able to discover some secrets?

Alla, who does not remember if she read this speculation about Harry 
performing Legilimency on Snape or not, but if she did, certainly 
gives the credit to whomever came up with it.