hermione & neville

[heidi]

No: HPFGUIDX 11404

I wrote this really nice post, and YGroups ate it! I didn't send a blank post to the list, moderator-people - I SWEAR!
I sent this:



Kimberly wrote:

  --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
  > Karin wrote:
  > > Why doesn't anyone seem to know about his parents?
  >
  > I wonder whether Hermione knows.  She's read up on the history of
  V's
  > rise and fall and it may well have been in there.  Score another 2
  > points for her sensitivity if so, for reaching out to Neville and
  > keeping his loss to herself.
  >
  I wondered about that as well.  The Longbottoms seem to have been
  rather in the forefront of the fight, so she may well have read about
  it.  If so, though, I wonder why she wouldn't have brought it up at
  some point.  I know she wouldn't want to mention it since Neville
  hasn't, wanting to respect his feelings, but in his defense at some
  point I'd think she might mention it.

Well, on the first train ride to Hogwarts, upon being introduced to Harry, Hermione says:

  "Are you really?" said Hermione. "I know all about you, of course -- I
  got a few extra books. for background reading, and you're in Modern
  Magical History and The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts and Great
  Wizarding Events of the Twentieth Century.
  <SNIP>
  "Goodness, didn't you know, I'd have found out everything I could if it
  was me," said Hermione.

And this is what she says to Harry The Orphan - while she's standing right there with Neville, whose name she knows (at least
his first name) - and I am now wondering if, upon meeting Neville, she said something like,
"Oh, I know all about your parents - they're in Modern Magical History and The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts and Tragidies
of the Reign Of You Know Who..."
and he still went walking around with her.
Then again, in the long run, Harry didn't hold her almost completely insensitive comments to him against her in the long
run...perhaps as the books go by, this will be counted by the Neville Is Tougher & Braver Than He Looks people as another
point in his favor...?