Neville's Gran; Was: Neville and the Clean Break

[tiggersong]

No: HPFGUIDX 85766

Entropy wrote

Snippage of bboy's great comments on Neville.

Then, from Entropy:
> This is, of course, assuming that Gran is just Neville's loving, if
> misguided, caretaker. However, if you believe that she is truly
> Evil!Gran, then her actions take on a new and sinister meaning. What
> if she is actually putting Neville down with the hopes of keeping 
> his confidence so low that he doesn't question his near-squiblike 
> lack of magical talent? If Neville believes in his heart that his 
> talents are negligible, then he wouldn't even question why he has 
> to use his father's wand, and wonder if he would do better after a 
> proper visit to Ollivander's.

Snippy

> One final thought: perhaps her motives for keeping Neville in a
> bumbling state are not so evil after all. If Voldemort knows that
> Neville is near to useless as a wizard can come, and his parents
> remain in a curse-induced stupor, then he certainly would have 
> little or no interest in harming the family any further. 


Now, me.

For some reason, this thought just struck me.  And, yes, this one 
hurt.

What if she is vaguely Evil!Gran (even if she's Evil!Gran for "good" 
reasons.)?

What if SHE'S the one keeping her son and daughter-in-law cursed and 
in St. Mungo's?  You know, to "protect" them.  As Entropy said, if 
Voldemort thinks that Frank-and-Alice are insane, then he thinks 
they're no threat.

How evil would a person have to be to drug people to "help" them?  
(Don't answer that; I know something of the history of mental health 
care.)

Stasia
who's never before truly subscribed to any of the ESE!whoever threads