Neville's role in the series (Was: Neville's Gran)

[erinellii]

No: HPFGUIDX 85445

Debbie: 
> What do I think this all means?  I think we shouldn't abandon all 
that Memory Charm speculation just yet.  I think that something 
important is buried in Neville's head, just as I believe his parents 
have important backstory information that is being suppressed. As 
Neville grows increasingly confident in his magical abilities, he'll 
be increasingly able to throw it off.  He's a *much* better wizard 
than Lockhart, and even he's regaining some memory.

> Under the old Benevolent Memory Charm theories, Gran supposedly 
Memory Charmed Neville in order to protect him from horrible memories 
of the attack on his parents.  I think the WW is too harsh for that 
to be a reasonable scenario, but the idea that Gran is affecting 
Neville's memory and using psychological means to keep Neville from 
realizing his potential, or from accessing information, is more 
appealing.
> 
> The question, however, is just what she's protecting.  Is it 
Frank's memory? Is there a secret about Frank that would stain his 
martyrdom?  Or did she really think the DEs would return someday to 
pry out Neville's memories of what he witnessed when the Pensieve 
Four came to visit?  I don't know, but there's lots of time to 
speculate before Book 6 is published. ;-)
> 
> Debbie
> who has believed in Memory Charmed Neville since first reading the 
books over two years ago 



Erin:
You know, I was looking in Inish Alley a couple weeks ago, and I 
noticed that ALL the Memory Charmed Neville theories had been marked 
as SUNK.  And I thought, "Why?"  I didn't see anything in OoP that 
contradicted them.  

Sure, Neville got better at his magic and didn't seem as forgetful, 
but that can be chalked up to the presence of his little plant 
buddy.  There was one time when Professor McGonagall said something 
like the only thing wrong with his work was lack of confidence, but 
people didn't realize Bertha Jorkins had a memory charm either; they 
just thought she was ditzy.

So I don't think MemoryCharmed!Neville should be scrapped just yet 
either, and I'm wondering who it was that did.

Erin