Neville's Gran

[Doriane]

No: HPFGUIDX 85427

> starmom513 wrote:
> 
> I like your theory about Gran trying to pass Neville
> off as a squib.  Is it possible she knows something
> about the prophecy and Neville's potential role in it?
> Could she be trying to protect him from LV by showing
> him NOT to be a danger?
> 
> 
> Joj:
> 
> I also think it's important that Neville thought his Gran would 
> kill him when she found out about the broken wand.  Was she worried 
> about the cost of another wand or is it that she made him use 
> that "weak" wand, under the guise that it was his fathers?  

At first, I was wondering how a wand could be "weak", as you said. I 
mean, it can't just be because it's not Neville's own wand. As people 
keep saying, Ron's new wand didn't improve his results dramatically.

(Aside question though, as I don't have my books here : does it say 
whether Ron's new wand was bought at Ollivander's, or could it have 
been bought in a second-hand shop ? In that case, it wouldn't be any 
better for Ron than having Charlie's wand - or was it Bill's ?)

BUT... But what if Dear Gran had the wand CURSED before she gave it 
to Neville ?!

After all, it's true that she seemed quite insistent in believing 
that Neville was a squib. So maybe, after Uncle Algie (?) managed to 
prove that Neville was a true wizard, and Neville got his letter from 
Hogwarts, Dear Gran decided she would do her best to keep Neville as 
far away from magic as possible. And what best way to achieve that 
but convince him personally (not just other people, but Neville 
himself !) that he's no good as a wizard ?

What do you say ? I know I'm plain crazy :-), but what about that 
theory ?

Del