JKR's FAQ answer about Neville

[dungrollin]

> Can she really be doing yet another re-telling of the myth?? How 
> dull, dull, dull, dull.
> 
> The only bright spot might be that Dumbledore has indeed twisted a 
> whole lot of events to put Harry in the frame, and that Harry has 
> the strength of mind to tell him to go to hell for his trouble. Is 
> this likely? Nope.
> 
> Carolyn

Naive optimism mode on.

Not necessarily.  We might just be looking for the devious twists in 
the wrong places, she might have covered her tracks better than we 
thought.  There really might be a so-called central mystery that 
nobody has guessed, complete with bangs and betrayals and blood and 
bodies and erm other appropriate words beginning with B. 

Naive optimism mode off.

*sigh*.  At least Shakespeare never lets you down (if you ignore 
Cymbeline and a couple of others).

Dot
Drowning sorrows in theatre tickets.