OoP - Neville's upbringing

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 67054

Terry: 
> 
> I don't think so.  In PS/SS Neville says that his family was always 
> trying to get him to show some kind of magic.  One of his uncles 
held 
> him over a balcony (the "Michael Jackson" theory of magic) and then 
> dropped him accidentally--fortunately he bounced.  I think maybe 
> there were references to them doing other unpleasant things to him 
in 
> an attempt to stimulate his latent talent (hey, an anagram!) 

Yeah, but remember, most people thought V-Mort was gone, so it would 
have been "safe" for Neville to be magic again, which would lead to 
them trying to overcome the suppression spell.

By the way, I LOVE the Michael Jackson reference.

Darrin
- Latent Talent would be a great name for a band.