OOP :Why Neville could see thestrals and ginny?

[Vicky Gwosdz]

No: HPFGUIDX 63554

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "joanna barra" 
<JOANNABARRA788 at M...> wrote:

> Clearly Neville's grandfather died before he started 
Hogwarts...what I would 
> really like to know is how on earth did Ginny see it, when Ron 
didn't, who 
> has she seen die? My sister said she saw Tom Riddle die, but I have 
to 
> disagree, because number one Tom was a memory and number two Ginny 
was 
> unconcious on the floor...I am very intrigued by this....I want to 
know who 
> she saw die...If she did see someone die, it would of been when Ron 
started 
> Hogwarts leaving just herself and parents in the house

As for seeing the Thestrals, it has been said here before, but I 
couldn't find it, it think the condition to see them is that you 
should have seen death in a more conceptual way. Neville obviously 
saw his grandfather die and has come to terms with it, so he can see 
them already in PS.

Ginny has experienced death very close up in CoS, and has come to 
terms with it, so to me that explains why she sees them.

As for Harry, at the end of the term in GoF, he probably hadn't come 
to terms with Cedric dying, so he couldn't see the Thestrals just yet.

I don't know,

Just my 2 cts,


Vicky