Professor Quirrel took the diadem in his hands. He feinted as if to place it over his head. Then he tossed it back to Luna.
“I am an Occlumens,” said Professor Quirrel, “Ravenclaw’s device rips the incoherence out of doublethink. If I were to place this device over my head I would be lucky if it did not shred my mind. Nice try.”
However… Rowena was not an Occlumense? Without knowing that this problem might arise later, I doubt that she would have not learned it. And creating the Diadem is likely to be harder than learning Occlumency… Unless there’s people who just can’t learn it, and she is one of them. Seems like a stretch. Or could she never use it?
Also: if the Founders had all the requirements already, why didn’t they finish it back then?
That is the Professor Quirrel we know and love.
Quirrel has incoherent doublethink?
Oh I get it now. He is masks all the way down. Remove them All and there would be nothing L3D2 of him.
I think that makes you what you pretend to be to protect yourself from occlumency. That’s why Harry fell into a coma—he pretended to be a stone.
Agreed.
However… Rowena was not an Occlumense? Without knowing that this problem might arise later, I doubt that she would have not learned it. And creating the Diadem is likely to be harder than learning Occlumency… Unless there’s people who just can’t learn it, and she is one of them. Seems like a stretch. Or could she never use it?
Also: if the Founders had all the requirements already, why didn’t they finish it back then?