Bertha Jorkins & Neville Longbottom (comparison)

[annemehr <annemehr@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48274

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Strix <kethlenda at y...>" 
<kethlenda at y...> wrote:

> 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

I'm sure there are other places somewhere where this was brought up, 
but it was actually part of my first (I think) post:

 Speaking of Lucius' influence, does anyone suppose that his large    
 contributions to St. Mungus' Hospital could be buying him influence  
 there which is keeping the Longbottoms incapacitated? Remember in    
 GoF that Rita had an article with some nasty quotes about Harry which 
 were supposed to be from some wizards there, although knowing Rita, 
 she could have just been twisting someone's innocent commments...

                "annemehr"
[post 44253]

This isn't fanfic; I was just putting three bits of canon together, 
even though I spelled "St. Mungo's" wrong!  Although Rita is, of 
course, a very suspect source, she seems to be quoting the St. Mungo's 
wizard in much the same way that she quotes Draco Malfoy.  One is left 
with the impression that in *both* instances, she is quoting sources 
she has dug up who are hostile to Harry.  And, "hostile to Harry" may 
very well mean "hostile to the Longbottoms," no?  Oh, and I should 
have said, this article with the St. Mungo's quote is the one she 
wrote after seeing Harry have his dream in Divination in GoF -- the 
one where she speculates that Harry is unbalanced (sorry, can't get at 
my book just now).

Anne

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