Drooble's, Neville's Gran, St. Mungos ( was Re: Mimbulus Mimbletonia)

[leb2323]

No: HPFGUIDX 79100

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hermionegallo"
> <hermionegallo at y...> wrote:
> > Brief Chronicles:  The bubblegum wrapper makes me really wonder. 
... Could bubblegum be a device to save the world from LV?  ;)
> > 

> bboy_mn:  
***MUCH SNIPPED THROUGHOUT***
> So Mrs. Longbottom sees the colorful wrapper and thinks, 'that's 
pretty, I think Neville would like this'. This isn't just the random 
wanderings and actions of a deranged person as Gran. Longbottom seems 
to think. This is a deliberate act on Mrs. Longbottom's part. But she 
is so limited in her abilities, so deep in the dense fog that 
surrounds her, that this is the best she can do to acknowledge that 
she knows who Neville is and that she cares for him very deeply. 
> 
> I think Neville understand this. I think he knows that these 
colorful gum wrapper are his mother attempt to let Neville know that 
she is aware of him. That's why Neville keeps them. He knows that 
given the effort it takes for his mother to overcome the fog that 
smothers her, to give these lowly gifts is a monumental effort on her 
part. So, he cherishes every single one of them.
> 
> The next part is the part that is driving us all nuts. What is the  
deeper significants of the gum wrappers? What is their greater role 
in the plot developement?
> 

leb:
First of all, I just have to say that I love to read the posts by
bboy because they are always so structured and well thought out.  It 
seems like whenever I have some half baked theory floating in the
back of my brain and you subsequently expound upon the subject it is 
the catalyst I need to come to a conclusion one way or another (even 
if I'm not in agreement with you).  So now that you have touched upon 
another of my ponderings I'm going to toss my theory out -- half
baked though it is -- and see if maybe you can make this one gel for 
me or not.  (Sorry to toss all the responsibility on you *g*!)  

I have been a firm believer that the gum wrappers are one of the most 
significant things we have run across ever since that first read oh 
so long ago.  To me, this is a given in this theory.

An assumption (which makes or breaks this theory) is that LV is to be 
brought down by "Love" -- the contents of the locked room, something 
Harry has in abundance, yada yada.  This has been discussed to death 
but maybe this is a different twist to it.

So . . . here goes . . . maybe Neville (the alternate chosen one -- 
another assumption which can make or break the theory) will use the 
wrappers - tokens of love from his mother - to in some way defeat LV. 
 Whether they are potion ingredients (no more odd an ingredient than 
armadillo bile or someone else's arm) or he ends up transfiguring
them into an army of minions to do his bidding I have no clue but it 
just seems to match what is needed.

What do you think?
leb -- who thinks this sounds much more half baked written out than
it did in my head