[HPforGrownups] Re: The cause of Neville 's poor memory--theory

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 1999

Susan McGee wrote:

> My best guess is that he is repressing his magical abilities, because
> he thinks that if he's a wizard, the fate that befell his parents
> will befall him (kind of like Regis Hastur who is repressing his
> laran because it's associated with his attraction to men.  Remember
> that his relatives kept trying to "surprise" the magic in him and all
> failed until a relative was hanging him by his ankles out of the
> window (don't have book in front of me), and accidentally let him go.
> He could have been killed, but he bounced.

Yeah, that's what I had said, too. Remember he was coordinated and capable when told to do things under the Imperius Curse, as opposed to his usual, self-conscious clumsiness. He's got the
ability, but he's scared to realize it.

--Amanda