TBAY: ToadKeeper Meets Reverse Memory Charm Neville

[Jeanne Vultaggio]

No: HPFGUIDX 38658

cindysphynx wrote:

<<Ah, but what about a *Reverse* Memory Charm?  See,
Mrs. Lestrange's gang was caught and convicted based
on *something.*  It certainly 
wasn't based on testimony of the insane Longbottoms. 
MoM was under intense pressure to catch the culprits,
so Crouch Sr. might have ordered a Reverse Memory
Charm on Neville to *enhance* his memory of the events
to identify the Lestranges and their gang.  

<<The result, the theory goes, is that Neville
constantly re-lives the torture of his parents because
of his enhanced memory. This causes him to freak out
in the presence of dementors and in the presence of 
Moody, who, according to the theory, might have been
the one to put the Reverse Memory Charm on Neville. >>


I just couldn't help wondering, if Harry can relive
the deaths of his parents that occurred when he was 15
months old, isn't it quite possible Neville could have
similar memories even without magical assistance?
Granted, it could be that Harry is extra-special in
this regard as in others, but OTOH it could be common
in the wizarding world for memories, especially
traumatic ones, to persist from infancy.

I also can't help wondering whether exposure to a
dementor wouldn't bring out the memory of such trauma
even if a person was under the influence of a regular
memory charm. I don't know whether there's anything in
canon to support that idea, but I think it's an
interesting question.

--Raven

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