OOP: Genetics, HRHN/MWPP, Cho, Hermione/SPEW, Neville, Sirius, more

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No: HPFGUIDX 61752

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Taryn Kimel" <amani at c...> 
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> clicketykeys:
> Wow. Okay. It took me ALL DAY to get caught up. Sheesh! And by the 
> time I finish this there's liable to be about twenty  more posts up, 
> but oh well...
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> Also spoilers for <i>Patch Adams,</i> if you haven't seen it.
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> * Neville - Hate to say this, everyone, but I think Neville's going 
> to go bad. He's even got it in his name! (Can't escape your name-
> destiny, yanno.) And there's the parallel between HRHN and MWPP... 
> Neville's the afterthought, the incompetent one, the one who's 
> consistently told that he's not nearly as good as his parents were. I 
> see Harry following in his father's footsteps as the leader, Ron 
> being the instigator like Sirius, Hermione providing Lupin's voice of 
> reason, and Neville... well, there's only one guy left. Remember how 
> the Sorting Hat took a long time with him? Bet Slytherin was an 
> option along with Hufflepuff.
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> Me:
> That's the very reason why I'm positive Neville WON'T go bad. Even though there's a very uncanny parallel between the two groups, they don't have the be the same, because of /choices/, the theme flung at us over and over.
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> --Taryn

Very true, choices, but I think that we'll see that more /after/ 
Neville goes bad, making the parallel between the groups transparently 
obvious. Unlike Wormtail, Neville will be skilled at magic by that 
point, and later on, when it comes time to make his Big Choice, he'll 
do the Right Thing.