Character Summary: Neville Longbottom

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No: HPFGUIDX 11114

Following in the honored tradition begun by John
 (with slight 
adjustments)

CHARACTER SUMMARY:  Neville Longbottom aka `Giant Canary'

NAME:  
Neville – basically means `new town' – a fact that
probably gives no 
insight into his character; of course he could be named after Neville 
Chamberlain.
Longbottom – Er, no comment.

AGE:  Same as Harry, so around 15 by the end of GoF

DESCRIPTION:  Frequently called "round-faced boy." 
McGonagall 
notices his cloak is fastened under his ear when she tells them to 
smarten themselves up for the Sorting.  Pansy Parkinson calls him 
a "fat little cry-baby" in PS/SS.  He wears fluffy slippers
(PoA).

ON-SCREEN TIME:  Quite a bit in PS/SS, hardly at all in CoS, and some 
in PoA and GoF.   There's really just too much to mention it all
– 
see Personality, Good Qualities, Bad Qualities, etc. for the 
highlights.

PERSONALITY:  Timid and insecure, yet loyal.  

SPECIAL ABILITIES:  He's good at Herbology.  

OBSESSIONS:  None, really – except perhaps his fear of Snape,
which 
leaves him unable to think coherently whenever Snape is present.

GOOD QUALITIES:
  
Loyalty and Bravery
-In PS/SS he sneaks out of Gryffindor Tower to warn Harry and 
Hermione that Draco is trying to get them in trouble.  
-Also in PS/SS, he stands up to Harry, Ron, and Hermione when they 
are going to get the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone so that
they 
don't get themselves or Gryffindor in any more trouble.  
-He takes on Crabbe and Goyle single-handed while Ron fights Draco 
after Draco provoked Ron at a Quidditch Match (PS/SS)
-He visits his parents regularly even though they don't recognize
him 
(GoF).
-He doesn't tell anyone about his parents – he doesn't
seem to want 
pity.
-He seems to have had much less of a struggle getting a date for the 
Yule Ball than did Harry or Ron (GoF). 
-He's very upset every time he loses Trevor.

Sense of Humor (at least a slight one):
-He laughs at himself when he turns into a canary.
-He appreciates Professor Boggart Snape as much (or more) than anyone 
else does (PoA).

Willingness to Admit His Weaknesses/Mistakes:
-He confesses he's the one who wrote down all the passwords in
PoA.
-He says he's almost a squib (CoS).
-He says his Gran knows he forgets things (PS/SS).

Forgiving:
-After the Norbert incident, in which it seemed Harry and Hermione 
thought it was funny that he got in trouble as well, and after he had 
to serve that terrifying detention with them, he doesn't seem to
hold 
it against them.

BAD QUALITIES:

Forgetful: 
-He's always forgetting passwords.  
-He never knows where Trevor is.  
-He never can get the ingredients in the right order for Potions.  
-He runs off wearing the Sorting Hat just after he's been Sorted
into 
Gryffindor.  
-He has a Remembrall.
-He lost his booklist (PoA).

Clumsy:
-He falls off his broom and breaks his wrist in his first-ever flying 
lesson.
-He falls on his way to the stool to be Sorted.
-He crashes into Ron, sending them both sprawling into a suit-of-
armor when they're trying to get away from Filch.
-He steps on Ginny's feet fairly often at the Yule Ball.
-He breaks two teacups his first day of Divination.

Easily Frightened:
-He's absolutely terrified of Snape.
-He sends up red sparks when Draco startles him in the Forbidden 
Forest.
-He's afraid of the Bloody Baron, and to stay in the corridor
alone 
at night.
-He runs from his hippogriff in Care of Magical Creatures.

Easy Prey:
-Draco puts the Leg-Locker Curse on him.
-Hermione puts the full Body-Bind on him.
-He eats one of Fred and George's Canary Creams.

RELATIVES:

Gran:  His formidable Grandmother, who brought him up.
Frank Longbottom:  His father, formerly an Auror, in St. Mungo's, 
insane as a result of being attacked by Death Eaters and subjected to 
the Cruciatus Curse.
Neville's mother:  Also in St. Mungo's, insane, due to the
Cruciatus 
Curse.
Great Uncle Algie:  Tried to force magic out of Neville – pushed
him 
off Blackpool Pier, and later dropped him out of an upstairs window.  
Likes meringues.  Bought Neville his toad when Neville got accepted 
to Hogwarts.
Great Auntie Enid:  The reason Neville bounced down the garden and 
into the road.  She offered Algie the meringue that made him drop 
Neville.

QUESTIONS:

Why is he so forgetful?  

Why is he so terrified of Snape?

Why doesn't anyone seem to know about his parents?

Will he be Professor of Herbology at Hogwarts when he graduates?

Does he have any really close friends?  

Is he a second Peter Pettigrew? Will he betray Harry?  Or will he be 
loyal?  Will he make it through the series alive?

*****
Karin
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