Concern for Neville

[uncmark]

No: HPFGUIDX 36485

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Mr_Boregard" <mrboregard at e...> wrote:
> 
> I just wanted to voice a concern I had for our dear fiend Neville.
> I was sitting up last night and i decided to rean through my copy 
> of ss. As i was reading a horrible thought struck me.
> 
> As you know, history has a bad habit of repeating itself. 
> We know that Harry Ron and Hermione are a set trio and the best of 
> friends. We also know that Neville is often mixed up with the trio 
> and often ends up helping them out in one way or another. And 
> another thing we know is that the trio will stick up for Neville 
> when others are less than kind to him.
> 
> I am scared that Neville will become the fourth member of the 
> group...(the weakest member emotionally and skill wise). 
> The question I pose is... is it possible that Neville will be lured 
> to the darkside like Pettigrew before him? 
> 
> It seems to me that there is a possible parallel between Neville 
> and Pettigrew. This may seem a little far-fetched but I wonder what 
> will happen to our hapless friend

I have expressed my Neville theory before that there is more to him 
than anyone suspects. His absent-mindedness reminds me of Bertha 
Jorkins who was under a memory charm. We know Neville's parent's were 
tortured by the Cruciatus curse. What if some well-meaning wizard 
cast a memory charm on Nevulle to help him deal with the trauma? If 
the memory charm was removed in book 5, I believe Neville's abilities 
would improve. I go as far as to think Neville would search for a 
cure to his parent's insanity, possibly involving Herbology, his best 
subject.

BTW I think the 4th member of the trio will most likely be Ginny, but 
we'll go into that another time.
Uncmark