Tortured Neville: was Neville as Witness (was Re: TBAY: Memory Charm Neville

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "cindysphynx" <cindysphynx at c...> wrote:
> Elkins fretted:

> There are lots of ways that the Longbottom torture can take place 
> right in front of Neville's wide eyes, which is the only thing that 
> really matters.
> 
> First, Neville is really young.  If the DEs "captured" Frank and
his 
> wife, then Neville is most likely right there with them.  So it 
> doesn't matter whether they were captured at home or not -- Neville 
> is still right there watching the whole thing.
> 

I'm thinking maybe Neville may have been tortured. He didn't go mad
because... er... He was young and resilient?  Maybe. and maybe he is
at bottom a very strong wizard.  If Voldy could kill both Harry's
parents and not Harry, maybe the DE's could break both Neville's 
parents and not him. Huh?  He'd still be messed up, though. Maybe 
Harry is messed up, too.  So maybe Rita Skeeter is partly right about
 Harry, and her articles are really forshadowing something inside 
Harry that he will have to fight.

Ditto Neville, of course, unless he is the one JKR chooses to kill
off in OoP, maybe after one last, huge Trio-saving blast from his 
wand.

Tex