Neville and his parents (was: Any Lucius theories?)

Amy Z lupinesque at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 23 10:27:24 UTC 2002


No: HPFGUIDX 44360

ezzie speculated:

> If Neville was 
> standing in the chamber at the end of PS/SS and Voldemort said 
> to him "Join me.  Together we'll bring back your parents."  What 
> do you think Neville would do?
> 
> I think he'd give old snake face a big thumbs up.

I lean against.  One of the few things that has been established 
about Neville's character is that he has a strong sense of 
integrity.  I think he'll do fine if tempted by Voldemort, whether by 
a promise to restore his parents to normality or anything else.  
Time, of course, will tell . . . <glances impatiently at calendar>

I must point out that it is only in the imagination of Steven Kloves 
that Voldemort tempts *anyone* with the return of his parents.  JKR, 
thank goodness, wrote nothing so trite.  Voldemort urges Harry to 
join him, but all he offers him is to spare his own life, not to 
bring back his parents (and there's no indication that Harry's 
tempted even to buy his life with the Stone).

Constantly vigilant in guarding the wall between Canon and the CTMNBN,

Amy Z





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