Neville: was re: Authority and rule-breaking

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., catherine at c... wrote:

> What possible reason could there be for Neville having his memory 
> moderated?  He knows what happened to his parents, as was revealed 
in 
> GoF, he spends sleepless nights thinking about it, as we find out 
> when Harry has entered Dumbledore's pensieve.  What else could 
there 
> be for him to know?  I'm not discounting the theory - just 
interested 
> to find out what other possibilies there are.


What else could there be for Neville to know?  Maybe someone doesn't 
want Neville to remember all that took place the night his parents 
were tortured (or some other night).  Could that someone not be 
Snape?  Here's a wild theory.  Snape may have been at the scene after 
the torture.  No one can know he was there so a little memory erasing 
was done to the young Neville. Snape cannot take the chance of 
Neville remembering yet what went on that night.  It could blow his 
cover or something along that line.  Snape treats Neville badly in 
hopes that Neville will be frightened of him and hopefully suppress 
any memories.  This theory is not original to me but I kind of like 
it.


What did Neville think of on the train with the dementors?  Neville 
sure had Snape on his mind when it came time to fighting the 
boggart.  Neville fears a menancing Snape approaching him, bearing 
down upon him, reaching inside his robes.  Surely Neville doesn't 
fear Snape only because of the horrible way Snape treats him.  There 
just seems to be more to it.



> 
> Catherine,
> (who also has a soft spot for Neville, as everyone has probably 
> noticed).


Neville is going to make his grandmother proud one of these days!  

Koinonia