Snape & Neville

[terryljames76]

No: HPFGUIDX 70680

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "koinonia02" <Koinonia2 at h...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "terryljames76" <
>  
> > Neville's boggart was Snape, period.  He didn't have to bring bad 
> > news or represent anything else; Neville was terrified because of 
> > Snape's presence--"because he existed."
> 
> We don't know why Neville is terrified of Snape, do we?. There must 
> be a connection between Neville/Harry/Snape and the prophecy. The 
two 
> boys mentioned in the prophecy are the two boys Snape is hardest on.
> 
> ~The wardrobe burst open. Hook-nosed and menacing, Professor Snape 
> stepped out, his eyes flashing at Neville. <snip> Snape was bearing 
> down upon him, reaching inside his robes.~
> 
> Is this what Neville is afraid will happen or is this something 
that 
> has happened? Could this be from the far corners of his mind? 
> 
> I believe Neville's parents were tortured after Snape left the 
Death 
> Eaters. So, we can have an evil Snape who is involved in the attack 
> on the Longbottoms. Or, we can have a Snape who was there to help 
the 
> Longbottoms. But Neville only remembers Snape coming towards him. 
He 
> would not know if Snape was friend or foe. Many of us have wondered 
> if Neville has had a Memory Charm placed on him. Maybe he did.
> 
> "K"

Ooh, nice one.  I think that Neville is scared stiff because of 
something Snape said in class.  Snape threatened to poison someone in 
the class, and to give Harry Veritaserum; who knows what he's 
threatened to do to Neville?  So Neville sees the wand coming out.

But your theory puts a whole new interpretation on this line.  Could 
it be something he saw before, and didn't understand?  Thoughts on 
this, anyone?

Terry LJ