Snape and the Longbottoms

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 57041

Tasha wrote:  

> Snape was the spy for Dumbledore and if he did do the Cruatius Curse on 
the Longbottoms Dumbledore would have never forgave him and never gave 
him a job at the school because Neville was there. 

And besides, the Longbottoms were hit with Cruciatus AFTER the fall of 
Voldemort. In GoF,  Dumbledore tells Harry the injuries to the Longbottoms 
came when people were starting to feel comfortable again, which is why it 
shocked them so.

So Snape, unless he is working off some form of revenge that only he grasps -
- and he has hidden from Dumbledore -- probably didn't do it, since he was 
already working for D-Dore at the time.

Now... Lucius Malfoy... THAT I could see. 

>In GOF Dumbledore said that Neville goes and sees his parents at the 
asylum and knows whats going on. Hes just afraid of Snape because who 
wouldn't be because hes so mean and dark and yes he use to be a death 
eather before he turned to good side. Neville is just afraid of everything I 
wouldnt blame him especially living with a horrible mean grandmother as it is. 
>

Snape also takes pains to really go after Neville, not only in Potions class, but 
-- completely unprofessionally in my mind -- in other classes. He insults 
Neville in front of Lupin and just before the duelling club meeting.

Since Snape so obviously WANTS Neville to fear him, Neville is just obliging. 

Now, there has been a theory that Snape has, either on D-Dore's orders or on 
his own, been pounding away at Neville in an effort to get the boy to break 
through his memory charms and stop being so afraid.  I don't know if I buy it, 
but put the theory out for fairness sake.

But one part does make sense. The Longbottoms were feared and respected 
Aurors. One would think their son would have more potential than Neville has 
shown. Perhaps it is buried underneath memory charms.

Darrin
-- believes Neville will play a major role in the climax of the series