[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape and Harry WAS: Hermione and her parents redux

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 188155

Alla:
> And of course we all know how much Harry "needed" Occlumency after all, that is not at all, he won based on his ability to love and sacrifice himself for others, not because he could close his mind, that to me also tells that Snape had no clue what Harry needed to be taught.

Bart:
    Just as a reminder, I expressed my opinion that Snape was hitting 
Harry with final lessons during the flight before DH came out.

    Here's my take, where I am of the same opinion. Snape does not like 
Harry, and, frankly, the events of HBP did nothing to change that. He 
sees Harry as taking shortcuts, to the extent of cheating, through 
laziness. Frankly, to a certain extent, Snape was correct; Harry had a 
hell of a lot of both luck and help. It would not surprise me if Snape 
subtly influenced Voldemort not to use the link with Harry, knowing that 
Harry did not have the patience and perseverance  to learn Occlumancy 
(note that Harry only learned his heavily used Accio spell because of 
the constant pressure Hermione put on him). Or, more likely, Occlumancy 
WOULD have helped Harry be able to surprise his opponents, particularly 
Morty, more effectively.

    Snape was extremely angry when he fled Hogwarts. He had to kill 
Dumbledore, something he did not want to do. He had to pretend to be 
with the DE's, with whom he associates the death of his lifelong love, 
while protecting the Hogwarts students. On top of this, he sees how 
little Harry has learned. He's saying, effectively, "You can't even 
challenge ME, and I've given up everything to give you a chance to go up 
against Voldemort! Try to LEARN for a change, you idiot!" Mind you, the 
events which enabled Harry to get the Cup wouldn't have happened if he 
were more competent, but Snape had no way of knowing that.

    Bart