Still-Life With Memory Charm

[jtdogberry]

No: HPFGUIDX 36808

Just my own ideas of who put Neville under the memory charm/curse.
It seems to lie in 2 possiblities
a) one of thse who tortured his parents or could be incrimated as a DE
b) some one close so he would not have to go through life with those 
memories.
if it is the first, then will Neville break out of it and if so, what 
will happen?
The second is a little more complex. It could be one of three things
a) His parents to protect him
b)The ministry/St Mungo's
c) his gran
 If his parents did tell Neville the information and put him under a 
memory charm, how would anyone else know that this was the case? But 
that still doesn't account for when they were actually totured, he 
would still remember that!!
b) would be for "his own good"
c) Just a bit of a twist from me here, what if Gran purt them memory 
charm on Neville as soon as she got to his parents house and said to 
the ministry that he wasn't there to spare him being questioned. 
Judging by her belief in family pride, she may have done that so he 
would not grow up like Harry, famous and potentially bigheaded with 
the all the fame.
But why HIS parents?
The most logical reson I can think of is revenge! But was it revenge 
on the Longbottoms themselves or was it to get back at some one else? 
I personally think that it is the latter, Frank Longbottom was 
helping some of the DE spies and had befriended them or his wife 
could have been related to one and so for revenge of that DE betryal, 
took revenge on a reletive because it is likly that they would have 
been protect by the ministry.
Reading between the line of what I just wrote, I think that Snape is 
related to Neville somehow. Possibly Mrs Longbottom could have been 
his sister or similar, seeing Neville in potions could bring back 
memories of her and Snape takes the pain out on Neville to stop him 
from loving him and being hurt again. It's a crazy theory but it 
might just work!!!
As for Neville himself, I think he is frightened of power, both what 
it can do to another person, and what having it makes you. This is 
why he holds himself back, he certainly doesn't what to become a DE 
and he is scared of being a target because he is powerful and seen as 
a threat.
Ok, who's next?
Dogberry