The cause of Neville 's poor memory--theory

[Kelley]

No: HPFGUIDX 1941

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "milz " <absinthe at m...> wrote:
> Neville has a notoriously poor memory. Could he be under a powerful 
> Memory Charm? In GoF, we find out that Neville's parents were 
> attacked by Death Eaters. First, his father was put under the 
> Cruciatus Curse, then his mother. I believe Dumbledore said that 
the 
> attack on the Longbottoms occurred long after V.'s disappearance. 
Did 
> a two year old Neville witness this? And if he did, did his well-
> meaning Grandmother put a Memory Charm on him to help him forget, 
but 
> also managed to mess up his memory in general? Afterall, two year 
> olds can be scared by scary movies, sounds and people.

Milz--  I know this was practically 200 posts ago, but I've really 
been wanting to comment here.  I think this is a great idea.  He gets 
so shaken up about the Cruciatus curse, it sure seems like he might 
have witnessed it being performed on his parents.  If he didn't see 
it, someone must have told him about it in graphic detail.  And, I 
can certainly imagine his grandmother using a memory charm on him so 
he doesn't have to live with those memories every day.  But, when he 
was in class and gave the Cruciatus curse answer, he sure seemed to 
have some memories of something.  And, I looked in GoF, and Dumble 
just says the attacks on the Longbottoms occurred after Vold's 
downfall.  I couldn't find any other clues about when this might have 
happened.  Well, no question Neville will figure more prominently in 
the future, guess we'll learn his story then.

Kelley