Bertha Jorkins & Neville Longbottom (comparison)

[Strix <kethlenda@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48231

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "BoBaFeTT" 
<bobafett at h...> wrote:

 Then I think about Neville Longbottom
> clumsy...forgetfulll...bumbling...
> Why then was he placed in Gryffindor?
> 
> Noting Neville's history of his parents and what happened to 
them, I am of the opinion Neville has a memory charm on him. I 
think we should "Expect great things" from him too ;)
> 
> Lets hope so, cause he's just one of those characters in a 
story you really root for ;)
> 
> BoBaFeTT

I think it's highly possible that Neville is under a memory charm.  
(Though I don't think it's *necessary* to explain his character; I 
was just as clumsy and almost as absentminded at that age 
myself.)  Either way, I think we'll find out more about Neville and 
his parents in the coming books, and that Neville will be involved 
in Big Things.  And I sincerely hope they'll be GOOD Big Things.  
I just can't see him going bad voluntarily--he's had too much 
personal experience of the heartache caused by Voldemort and 
the DE's.

BTW, I've actually heard speculation--I forget where, somewhere 
on the Internet--that Neville's *parents* are in fact under a spell 
that keeps them from regaining their minds.  After all, IIRC, 
Lucius Malfoy is a big benefactor of St. Mungo's.  It may be that 
their "insanity" is in fact a curse being maintained on them so 
they don't reveal certain information.  I could totally see Neville 
finding this out, and summoning up all his nerve to confront 
Malfoy about it.  Which would probably turn out badly.  But now 
I'm writing fanfiction, so I'll shut up now.  LOL.

Strix