JKR's cryptic answer: Who sent the Lestranges to the Longbottoms?

[doddiemoemoe]

No: HPFGUIDX 119694


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> 
wrote:
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> Q: The Lestanges were sent after Neville to kill him.
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> JKR: "No, they weren't, they were very definitely sent after 
> Neville's parents. I can't say too much about this because it 
> touches too closely on the prophecy and how many people knew about 
> it, but the Lestranges were not in on the secret."
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> Jen: Whew! This wasn't what I expected to hear. I've always 
believed 
> the Lestranges attacked Neville's parents to get information about 
> the prophecy, to get an explanation of why LV turned to vapour at 
GH.
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> But no! The Lestanges 'were not in on the secret' so their visit 
to 
> the Longbottoms was for another mysterious reason. And who sent 
them 
> there? LV was not giving orders anymore, so who was second in 
> command? Maybe it was the same person who overheard part of the 
> prophecy.
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> I'm stumped on this one. Most of the DE's were trying to talk 
their 
> way out of Azkaban about this time, yet the Lestranges and at 
least 
> one superior were still carrying out a secret operation. 
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> The other interesting point about this answer: If the Lestranges 
> didn't know about the propehcy, then the Longbottms surely did. 
Why 
> else include the prophecy in this answer otherwise? It always 
seemed 
> logical the Longbottoms would have been informed, like the 
Potters, 
> but this makes me even more certain.
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> Jen, with more questions than answers as usual ;).


Doddiemoe here:

I always thought that the "longbottom torture" happened extremely 
close to the Potter Parent's deaths...(hence this is why they were 
all arrested..the DE's I mean)

Voldemort went to godrics hollow and sent DE's to torture the 
parents/grandparents(perhaps this was how/who neville saw die..his 
grandpa)...Maybe Neville's grandmother is upset, or more likely, 
dissappointed that neville didn't  fullfil the prophecy in the same 
way Harry did...(hence his father showed talent, but not him...)

I always thought that Voldemort sent DE's to both residences...but 
went to one first..and apparently marked harry first...(I would 
imagine that James and Lily would make short work of DE's that 
showed up to their residences first). 

As far as prophecies go...it doesn't matter if it applies to one or 
another...prophecy's apply only to those who fulfill them. 
(frustratingly true--hence it is the choices we make--which makes 
harry's choices even more important from here on out.)

Unless Neville figures out what the candy wrappers mean before the 
rest of us...(my guess is...since none of the other word finds 
turned out anything significant then Neville's mother is handing him 
more than ONE TYPE of candy wrapper!


If I had to fathom a guess...it would be that 1. Voldemort sent the 
Le'stranges to the Longbottoms.... and that 2. Voldemort sent the 
Malfoys to the Potters..  and 3. History is doomed to repeat itself..

I can see it now...Le Strange crew waiting at DE headquarters to 
tell voldemort what they discovered...waiting for Voldemort...and 
when Voldemort doesn't show they think they need to torture the 
Longbottoms for answers..(they went there and tortured them and 
received no answers to went back to DE headquarters only to hear 
Voldemort had disappeared and went back again...hence memory charm 
that may have been performed on Neville...and how he saw his grandpa 
die; and it was Lucious who convinced the Le'Stranges to go back to 
the Longbottoms for answers!).

This is why DD believes Harry is the one and may be 
mistaken...or...may not be...

We know from cannon that the prophecy may not involve Harry at 
all..it may involve Neville...why berate Neville for lack of 
talent..why go through such measure to prove he wasn't a squib..

Doddiemoe
--Who at this time pictures Neville holding a Mimbulous Mimmbletonia
(sp?) and poking it with a wicked hangnail splashing Voldemort's 
face with it's stink sap and Voldemort Screaming how he's 
melting,melting,melting...--