Drooble's Best Blowing Gum theories

[Susan Smith]

No: HPFGUIDX 70385

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "innovan" <innovan at b...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Richelle Votaw" 
<rvotaw at i...> 
> wrote:
> >Neville's clue is that it's something in the gum that is keeping 
the 
> >Longbottoms "insane."
> 
> I feel there's a problem with amnesia spell duration in the series. 
> While all other spells are temporary in duration, amnesia spells 
are 
> permanent. Gilderoy Lockhart's amnesia spells seem permanent on his 
> wizard victims. Lockheart himself has been so knocked out by his 
own 
> spell that two years later he's still learning to draw linked 
letters.
> 
> Since there's tools like the Pensive and the DoM's "Think Tank", it 
> should be easy to restore memories again to amnesia victims once 
> they're properly diagnosed. But alas, they are not. Voldemort has 
to 
> use torture to break one victim's amnesia spell, and that breaks 
her 
> mind in the process. It's probably a terrible amnesia spell that 
keeps 
> the Longbottoms vegetables, and its duration has been 
extraordinarily 
> long.
> 
> We know Neville is forever setting off rememberalls because he's 
> forgotten something as well.
> 
> Innovan

AS time has passed and his self-confidence been fed a little-
Neville's memory has improved slightly-look what he accomplished this 
year with OWLS, and with courageous ventures.

A.G.