GOF, Harry's eyes and Moody, Neville and the Cruciatus Curse.

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 86520

Diana:
<snip> I also thought it was interesting that Neville chose to bring
up the 
> Cruciatus curse considering it was the one used to torture his 
> parents.  It was brought up a while ago that Neville may have 
> remembered his parents being tortured and has a memory charm placed 
> on him.  After class Neville was upset and his actions seemed like 
> someone who had a memory charm placed on him. 
><snip>
> I'm not saying he had the memory charm placed on him right then, but 
> maybe seeing the Cruciatus curse performed brought back a memory of 
> his parents and then the effects of the memory charm that was placed 
> on him when he was a baby.  
><snip>

Carol:
I know that the memory charm theory is popular as an explanation for
Neville's memory lapses, but when his parents were Crucio'd, he was
not much older than Harry was when his parents were killed. Why would
a baby of one and a half or two at most require a memory charm? There
was nothing for him to remember--or forget. (We know that Harry didn't
remember what he saw until the Dementors forced him to relive it. I
don't see why Neville would be any different.)

Given the life he's lived (great uncles dropping him out of windows to
see if he's magical, parents he's embarrassed to talk about confined
to an asylum, a grandmother who pressures him not to disgrace the
family rather than encouraging him), I don't see why his problems
can't be the natural psychological consequences of an unhappy
childhood. McGonagall may be right that all he needs is confidence.
That, his own wand, and his newfound courage could be sufficient in
themselves to help him overcome his forgetfulness. (I'm forgetful, but
no one ever placed a memory spell on me! Not that I remember, anyway.)

Carol