Neville grandmother

[Andrea]

No: HPFGUIDX 16924

--- Neil Ward <neilward at dircon.co.uk> wrote:
> Lupin does, at least, know Neville's parents aren't
> around, so I wouldn't
> surprised if Granny turned out to be a widely known
> witch.  It seems to be a
> small world, the wizarding world, especially when it
> comes to the
> established families.

True, but Dumbledore said something about Neville's
dad being a well-respected Auror and the Longbottoms
being very well-liked.  I don't think it would be
unusual for word of their torture circulating among
the small, close-knit wizarding community, especially
given the number of people who were at Crouch Jr's
trial.  Doesn't necessarily mean that Gran is
well-known on her own.

> the fact that we don't know
> Neville's grandmother's name
> is very significant.  Do we know if she is the
> maternal or paternal
> grandmother? 

Well, we don't know Mr. and Mrs. Granger's names,
despite them being actually present in the story and
introduced to Harry.  We don't know Seamus' mother's
name, IIRC, despite her being introduced at the World
Cup.  Justin Fitch-Fletchly talked about his mother,
and Colin Creevy about his dad, without either of
their names being mentioned.  It's hardly uncommon for
children to only know of someone as "Neville's
grandmother" or "Hermione's parents", so I don't draw
any significance out of us *not* knowing Gran's name.

> Hmmmm...  The thing I remember about
> her is that she wears a
> hat with a vulture on it.  That's a pretty bold
> piece of headgear by any
> standards (especially if it's not a pointed witch
> hat, as everyone else
> seems to wear) and it sounds like she is dripping
> with comic potential.

I definitely agree with that!  I would *love* to meet
Gran at some point.  And speaking of the infamous
hat...I suppose Dumbledore planted that hat with the
vulture on it in the Christmas cracker.  Too much of a
coincidence otherwise. <g>  Was he trying to get Snape
to not take himself so seriously?



Andrea

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