Neville: and some random thoughts.

[jtdogberry]

No: HPFGUIDX 38606

Lots of Questions here! sorry if i repeat anything that's been said.
Just been re-reading some of the scenes with Neville (despite having 
a huge project to complete and exams to START revising for which 
start next week!!)And there are a few things that still bug me.
In POA, before he takes on the boggart...
Lupin says ... "Neville, I belive you live with your grandmother?"
"Er yes" said Neville nervously "But I don't want the boggart to turn 
into her either"
Is Neville really that scared of his gran or is it just that he 
doesn't want to hurt even something that looks like a member of his 
own family? And what is he nervous about, the boggart or people 
asking him why he was bought up with his gran?
WHY? I don't understand why Neville hasn't mentioned his parents to 
anyone? Could it be that he is intimidated by Harry? Harry has had a 
lot of attention because of his parents, Neville doesn't like 
attention very much or feels that people will just see him as trying 
to be a copycat? 
Or does he feel responsiable in a way, to what happened, is there 
more to his story then meets the eye?
I think there is something for that last question because after 
Moody's lesson in TGOF, Neville say (in a high voice)
"oh hello", intresting lesson wasn't it? I wonder what's for dinner, 
I'm starving aren't you?"
"Neville, are you alright"  said Hermione
"oh yes I'm fine" said Neville in that same unnaturally high 
voice "very intresting dinner - I mean lesson - what's for eating?"
Neville is in fact trying to say the same thing twice!!! A bit of a 
silly thing to do especially as they heard it the first time and 
acknowledged it. He phrases it the same why too! But why does he 
repeat it and get the second time wrong. Is it something to do with 
the fact that he is trying to forget what he saw because he had 
witnessed or is it a side effect of of memory charm? If it is the 
latter, then the who and why questions arise again. Also Neville 
talks in a very high voice after the dementors enter the  train in 
POA.
Also in TGOF, after the opening feast, when they vare talking about 
the tournement
" I'd expect  my gran'd want to try, though, she's is always going on 
about how I should be upholding the family honour. I'll just have to -
 oops" as he gets his foot stuck in the stairs. But what was he going 
to say? Was he going to say that he'll try and find a way into the 
tournement or an excuse not to even try to enter?
And on a random side note, is Neville allowed into Hogmeads now 
becasue in POA, McGonagall banned him from all future Hogsmead 
visits, was that just for the third year or no?
I still say, that Gran is hiding something, she cries when Neville 
can do magic, she won't take him to the world cup, she's is very 
sever with him and she wants him to uphold the family name. I don't 
get it!!! 
Yet despit having family honour, no one seems to know anything about 
him or his family, Ron didn't know who he was, and there is never any 
mention of his family except when Neville is talking about them and 
the way he does, it seems that the yare on par with the Malfoys?!
I don't think Neville is anything like Pettigrew, everyone says that 
because of Harry imagination in POA. Neville is quiet powerful 
because surely the caldrons have some sort of charm on the to stop 
them melting in a ways to cause an acciedent especially in school 
where anythong could happen. Even in the muggle world, it'll take 
some doing to melt pewter that casualy.

*Sigh* I'm really worried about Neville, I'm really fond of him!!
Anyway, answers to the usual address ;)
One very anxious, confused and naughty (must get on with my project 
and revision)
Dogberry