neville's story

[milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 5325

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> eliasheldon at i... 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

I touched upon this in thread # 1768. But this adds a new spin on 
things. 

:-) Milz