Neville greatness expected?

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No: HPFGUIDX 45717

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Darla" <talkative_alien_4000 at y...> wrote:
> Hey all, 

>   Does anyone else feel that perhaps we can expect to be surprised 
by 
> Neville in the future, and that maybe he'll play a bigger part in 
the 
> fight against Voldemort then we expected? To Harry and class mates 
> he's portrayed as a pretty forgetful and cowardly character, and 
yet 
> we've learnt that he has the strength/courage to visit his parents 
in 
> hospital when they can't even remember him, and carries that 
> knowledge alone. 
>   I actually became a bit annoyed at Harry and his unaltered 
opinion 
> of Neville after Dumbledore gives him a brief sketch of Neville's 
> past. I mean, I think Neville deserves some pretty good respect, 
and 
> Harry never really gives any indication that his opinion of him has 
> risen.
>   V as good as killed N's parents... if anyone has any motivation 
to 
> stand up to V, I reckon N's gotta be pretty high on the list. What 
do 
> you think?
> 
> D.

I think Harry's behaviour can be forgiven as he didn't really have a 
lot of time to think about Neville after the Pensieve, what with the 
drama of the Third Task and the kidknapping, seeing his parents, 
Crouch jnr losing his soul and the Parting Of The Ways. He had a 
pretty stressful time of it after The Pensieve so he can probably be 
forgiven.

Whether Neville will do something great or not I don't know but I 
don't think he will stand up to V as in face to face. No-one does 
that and lives. The only person to have done so is Harry. He has to 
unlock what's blocking him first be it memory charm or not. And, hate 
to be picky but did V actually authorise the attack on the 
Longbottoms? Was it actually him? I don't think so... I'm not 
excusing V but he didn't actually attack them. I think Neville may 
attempt revenge on the people that actually did do it though.

Daniel