Longbottoms

[Kelly L. <kethlenda@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49563

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cbca1126 <ejoq at a...>" 
<ejoq at a...> wrote:
> In GOF we are introduced to some of Neville's family history and 
> find out that Neville's parents are at St. Mungos. We also find out 
> that Mr. Malfoy makes large donations to this hospital. 
> Could there be a connection? Malfoy could have been one of the DE 
> that tortured the Longbottoms and therefore has an interest in them 
> not regaining there sanity.
> 
> I also think that we will find that Neville is alot more "magical" 
> than any one believes.
> EJ

EJ--

I suspect much the same thing you do about Lucius and Mungo's.  Anne 
Mehr wrote a good post about it at some point, and even made up an 
acronym: MALEVOLENCE, though I can't remember what all the letters 
stand for off the top of my head.  So, welcome aboard the good ship 
MALEVOLENCE, with Anne and me.  :)

Also on the subject of Lucius: I've been wondering how he is going to 
respond to the return of Voldemort.  For years, he's been lording it 
over everyone around him, and now the Dark Lord is back and will 
likely want to see Lucius fall into step behind him once again.  I 
believe that you can see Lucius's upset in the graveyard scene in GoF-
-when he says "can you tell us how this...miracle...was 
accomplished," I think he feels it's anything but a miracle.  Can;t 
you just see Lucius trying to stage a coup d'etat against Voldemort 
to become the preeminent Dark Lord himself?  Especially now that he 
almost certainly knows V. was half-Mudblood all along?

Kelly L.