St. Mungo's and the Longbottoms

[Serena Moonsilver]

No: HPFGUIDX 59846

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Chris" <eliwamp at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "blackstripe61" 
> <blackstripe61 at y...> wrote:
I based this on the fact that Neville 

> 
> I agree there is more to Neville.  I think the memory charm is more 
> to make him forget *who* he saw.  Not sure why though b/c being a 
> baby he would not have been able to verbalize it, but maybe in the 
WW 
> they can extract information from babies another way. 

Does it say what year the attack on the Longbottoms happend.  It was 
after Voldermorts fall wasn't it?  So Neville may have been a toddler 
or possibly even preschooler.  So he would be to talk then.  Even my 
19 month old daughter can tell how her day went (although somewhat 
cryptically:  Grandma walk houses puppy woof woof flower bunny.  
Translation: I went on walk with grandma.  I saw houses, a dog that 
was barking, flowers and a bunny.)  She also repeats back anything 
that's said to her (my brother loves to give her big words like 
photosynthesis, which she promptly repeats back to him).

Anyways, Neville might have been old enough that he could have 
remembered either--a) witnessing his parents tortured or b)Neville 
knows some knowledge (name, spell, place) that needs to be kept 
secret.

 
> 
> I don't think Neville's strength is going to be played out on the 
> Quidditch field.  Remember his strong point is Herbology?  Also, he 
> brings a toad to school as a pet he got from his Great Uncle Algie, 
> and Moody gives him a book on Magical Water Plants of the 
> Mediterranean.  Just some more food for thought.  What do you think?

I agree.  I think Neville will end up the new herbology professor 
after Sprout leaves.

Serena