Neville's Parents and Memory (WAS Who will Die)

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No: HPFGUIDX 30809

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Cindy C." <cindysphynx at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., ktchong73 at y... wrote:
> > 
> > I also have my own hypothesis about Neville's forgetfulness.  
> > Neville's grandmother brought him to visit his parents at the 
> mental 
> > hospital.  Every visit must have been a painful experience for 
> > Neville, so Neville's grandmother, being overprotecting and 
wanting 
> > to relieve her grandson from the pain, cast a memory charm on 
> Neville 
> > after every hospital visit.  That'd explain why Neville had 
memory 
> > problem, why he was so forgetful and dim-witted, and why Neville 
> > hadn't mentioned his parents to Hermione or any friend (because 
he 
> > didn't remember his parents or visiting them.)  
> 
> 
I have another, similar hypothesis.  If Neville as a young child 
personally witnessed the attack on his parents (or perhaps somehow 
got caught in it), this may have caused him such distress that his 
grandmother put a powerful memory charm on him that affected his 
memory generally, a la Bertha Jorkins.  As a result, he can't 
remember anything (that's why he's so bad at Potions) and he 
therefore lacks confidence.  I think he has more innate wizarding 
talent than is evident, and that he's not really a near squib.  After 
all, he had no trouble flying at his first lesson; his problem was 
control.

djd