[HPforGrownups] Re: neville's story

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 5323

eliasheldon at ivillage.com wrote:

> A related theory came to mind when I read this post:  Perhaps Neville
> has had a memory charm placed on him.  His poor memory is mentioned
> several times throughout the canon.  Perhaps he actually witnessed
> the torturing and had to have his memory modified (even as a small
> boy).  He might have had his memory modified by those who had
> tortured his parents so that he could not bear witness against them.

Oooh, good thought. I'd considered that his family had put the charm on him,
to protect him until he was old enough to handle the information, but that
seemed a bit extreme. If the torturers did it, as a precaution or as part of
the torture, then he's suffering some of that "permanent damage" like Bertha
Jorkins did, and perhaps his family's been trying to fix him....?

Oooh. Good theory.

--Amanda