Neville greatness expected?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 45757

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Rebecca M" <rmatovic at s...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "finwitch" <finwitch at y...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at y..., kaarlo moran <pepsiboy71 at m...> wrote:
> >  
> Kaario?:
> > > But Neville?...he's always reminded every time he visits his
> > > parents
> > > during the holidays of what he lost.


> > Finwitch?:
> > Oh he is. I also think that Neville has more memories of his
> > parents  than Harry. Good memories. Harry has one memory of his 
> > parents: Their  death.
> > 


> Rebecca: 
> But Neville is the same age as Harry and his parents were tortured 
> around the time of Harry's parents' deaths, so Neville's memories can't 
> be that much clearer than Harry. ... ... ...
> 
> Rebecca

bboy_mn:
Close, but not quite. Neville parents were tortured *after* the death
of Harry's parents and the downfall of Voldemort. 

Exactly when after, a week, a month, a year or two, is not clear. I
don't remember anything that clearly indicates this time. We have to
assume some time had passed. Enough time for people to have a general
idea of what happened, and time for the Lestrange's to develope some
idea that Longbottom knew something about it and possibly knew where
Voldemort was rumored to be hiding then develope and execute a plan of
action.

When Harry vaporized Voldemort on Holloween, he was either 3 month old
or a year and 3 months old. If the Lestrange/Longbottom incident
occured 6 to 9 months later, that would make Harry and Neville about
two years old. Two is still pretty young, but a two year old has some
capacity for thought, communication, and memory. (I'm not a parent and
all my brothers and sisters are grown, so my recollections of a two
year old is  vague at best.)

So it is possible that Neville has some real knowledge of his parent,
and as some people speculate, he may have first hand knowledge of the
torture of his parents. 


Just a few thoughts.

bboy_mn