Longbottoms insanity (Was: St Mungos)

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No: HPFGUIDX 68526

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "MrEddo" <mreddo at y...> wrote:
> It is possible that Snape could have something to do with the 
> Longbottom's torture. Neville knows all about his parents' torture 
at 
> the hands of Lestrange and has seen death, as he can see 
thestrals. 
> However, his greatest fear, manifested by Lupin's boggart, is 
Snape. 
> While Snape is indeed quite nasty to him, Neville has seen many 
> atrocities worse than a nasty teacher, so perhaps Snape had 
something 
> to do with this.

Unless you follow thw theory that Snape's spying is a ruse, then 
this is highly unlikely.

Dumbledore said Snape turned spy at the height of Voldemort's 
power.  Neville's parents were tortured after Voldemort disappeared.

Personally, I think it was just that Neville was more afraid of 
Snape at that moment.  Afterall, Bellatrix was in Azkaban.  She was 
no treat.  Snape was at Hogwarts making every potions class misrable.

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