[HPforGrownups] Longbottom for HB

[srsiriusblack at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 49592

In a message dated 10/01/2003 20:20:55 Eastern Standard Time, 
christopher_g_nuttall at hotmail.com writes:


> Has anyone figured that Neville Longbottom might be the head boy in seventh 
> year?  That may seem odd, but here are his qualifications.
> 
> 1) He may be scared of snape, but he does not let him (or Malfloy) get him 
> down,
> 
> 2) He's real, he's not some hero that people look up to.  (can you imagine 
> Colin asking Harry for advice?)
> 
> 3) He does keep the rules, rather than Harry who breaks them all the time.
> 
> 4) He's stable and undistracted by any direct involvement in the war.  His 
> parents stand as a lession of the costs of opposing the dark side and he'll 
> be able to sypersize with the new round of orphans.  



I really like this theory. I have always been one to think that Neville has 
yet to shine, but he will most certainly do so. To quote Mister Ollivander, 
"We can expect great things from Neville Longbottom". Neville has always held 
a special place in my heart. And, I like some of the other theories we have 
discussed her regarding him., particularly that he, himself, may be under a 
memory charm which could be the reason for his bumbliness. ( there's another 
one of my silly words that really isn't a word, really) 

Neville has just as much to avenge Lord Voldemort for as Harry, in mho. He 
was raped of his parents and his life has not been, from what I can tell of 
his Grandmother, the absolute best. People are constantly telling him what a 
fool he is and how inept and talentless he is. I hope I am not remembering 
this from the CTMNBN and it was actually in the books, Neville mentions 
something about having thought he was a Squib. ( I just wanted to hug him, 
"Bless his little heart." in a Mrs. Weasley voice) But, Neville is a 
Gryffindor, and there is a reason for it. We may not know why right now, but 
I think when it comes down to it, Neville is going to prove himself to be 
just as brave and talented as any other in his house. 

To sound a bit coarse, Neville has in a way had it worse than Harry in the 
wrath of Lord Voldemort. Harry's parents are dead, but Neville has been 
forced to see just what Voldemort could do to people without killing them. He 
may even think his parents would have been better off killed by Voldemort and 
that there suffering at St. Mungos is a far worse sentence than death. ( I 
tend to agree with that thought) Neville will rise up from humble magical 
beginnings to become a great wizard!

-Snuffles donning a Neville Longbottom for Head Boy Badge.
"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty 
recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the 
dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with 
open eyes, to make it possible. This I did."  T.E. Lawrence- Seven Pillars of 
Wisdom


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