[HPforGrownups] Lockhart/Longbottoms

[Kathryn Wolber]

No: HPFGUIDX 83046


--- KIM MACKLIN <evankimjeff at yahoo.com> wrote:
> There was a post regarding the reappearance of
> Gilderoy Lockhart.  I think JKR added him into the
> mix because she wanted to get Bode's name mentioned
> again and also drop a hint about the Longbottoms.  I
> thought it was interesting that a "healer" would
> give a patient the Devil's Snare.  Sounds a bit
> suspisious to me.  Remember Lucius Malfoy gives
> generously to St. Mungo's.   Also on pg. 514 there
> is a mention of Mr. Longbottom giving Neville an
> ..."empty Droobles Blowing Gum wrapper."  I think
> there is some message in that.  Alice it seems gives
> Neville many things.  She may be trying to
> communicate something to him.  What I don't know
> since we only have one clue the bubble gum.
>  
> I don't think Lockhart will be a part of further
> books, unless he is put under the Imperius curse, he
> seems the type that could be controlled very easily.
>  I think she just put him in there because we knew
> he was in St. Mungo's and would be in the ward with
> the Longbottoms.
>  
> Anyway, any thoughts on the Longbottoms and the very
> incompetent (lol) medical staff?

I've been thinking about this since the original post
(COS Clues). My theory has always been that Lucius is
funneling money into St.Mungo's to keep certain people
(The Longbottoms and maybe others) from ever getting
better.  Then, the fact that Mrs. Longbottom has given
Neville "enough of them [Droobles Blowing Gum
wrappers]to paper your bedroom"(US 515) makes me
pretty sure that it's some sort of sign.  

I think that the staff is either putting some kind of
memory charm or potion in the gum to keep them from
getting better.  Mrs. Longbottom is giving Neville the
wrappers hoping he'll realize that there's something
wrong with the gum.  This is where I see Lockhart
coming in.  The healer says "we very much hope that
this liking for giving autographs is a sign that his
memory might be coming back a little bit."  So I think
that Lockhart will continue to improve and they'll
release him.  His memory will continue to get better
and he'll start remembering things that were going on
in St. Mungos like the idiot giving Broderick a
Devil's Snare and the cause of the Longbottom's
incapacity to get better.

Any thoughts?
~Kathryn

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Harry:"Probably that you're going to be eaten by a giant marshmallow or something."

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