Snape and his use of "The Dark Lord" / Snape teaching Harry Occlumency

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No: HPFGUIDX 167125

> >>Tandra:
> Ok so as I stated before I am reading OoTP over again and I don't know
> why I didn't notice it before but Snape calls Voldermort The Dark
> Lord, every time he references him, and gets mad at Harry for using
> his real name. I just find it odd. I mean, everyone else either calls
> him "you know who" or by his name (to the dismay of others) It just
> makes me raise and eyebrow that Snape seems to reference him in this
> kind of reverence.

Betsy Hp:
Snape is either a Death Eater or an undercover agent playing the role 
of Death Eater.  Either way, he's going to call Voldemort what a Death 
Eater would call Voldemort.  So it doesn't tell us anything either way 
(IMO, anyway) about Snape's true loyalties.  (Though of course, he's 
totally DDM all the way. <g>)

> >>Tandra:
> Ok so as I read book 5 again this strikes me as odd and makes me raise
> an eyebrow at Snap yet again. Is it a coincidence that Snape was
> "teaching" him this subject and Harry just seemed to become more
> receptive to the dreams and visions?
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
It's not a coincidence, no.  Snape is teaching (or trying, anyway <g>) 
Harry Occlumency *because* Harry's become more receptive to Voldemort's 
dreams and visions.  The cause and effect is switched by Harry because 
I think he'd rather think it caused by an outside source than think 
that he's got a personal link to Voldemort.  Snape makes a good 
scapegoat, as usual.  But the visions pre-date the lessons.

Betsy Hp