Harry's Characterization

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No: HPFGUIDX 163498

> > Sarah:
> > That's exactly why (while I don't see eye to eye on every detail 
of
> > the Snape debacle with Alla, or probably with anyone else, heh) I
> > agree with Alla that Snape is not dispensing useful hints to 
Harry at
> > the end of HBP.  Since Harry is doomed never to master 
Occlumency,
> > there is no way a "reveal" can happen where Harry realizes "Oh, 
Snape
> > was totally right."  He's never going to learn it, so Snape's
> > appearance of taunting is not misdirection since it cannot be 
later
> > proved correct.
> > 
> 
> Pippin:
> But Snape *is* totally right. Harry will be blocked until he 
masters 
> occlumency, ie always, so the answer is to choose another form
> of battle. Going head to head with a more advanced wizard
> can only  be Harry's last resort, not his first. For example,  
> Harry could have set Buckbeak free himself if he'd thought of it.

Alla:

Except nowhere near in this scene Snape even implies IMO that 
Harry's answer is to go different way completely. If Snape is 
dispensing **useful advise** to Harry ( which as I said I do not 
think he is, I think it is either taunting that Harry is uncapable 
of using Unfogivables, or quite idiotic advise), that means that he 
is subtly encouraging Harry to learn Occlumency, not to learn 
something else entirely, no?

Yeah, me thinks Snape would be mightily surprised when Voldie would 
be brought down by something similar to what happened in OOP and not 
by Harry packing away his emotions.

JMO,

Alla