[HPforGrownups] Neville Theories.

[Janet Anderson]

No: HPFGUIDX 89647

RACH911 at aol.com says:

>  Neville's gran obviously regards Mr. and Mrs. Weasley with the
>upmost respect but i question why she slipped in "not well, of
>course". I read into this that she knows them better than she is
>letting on. It's almost as though she slipped up and had to recover
>by saying "not well, of course". OTOH it could merely be that she
>doesn't know them very well. But IMO it appears that the Longbottoms
>and Weasleys want to give the impression to people that they don't
>know each other very well.

That's interesting and quite possible, but when I read it I assumed that 
Mrs. Longbottom simply meant that she knew the Weasley parents because they 
were at Hogwarts at the same time as her son Frank.

>   This leads me to question why Mrs. Longbottom has not been
>recruited to be a member of The Order. We know that Nevilles parents
>were members of the original Order. We also know from Neville that
>he and his gran are in full support of Harry and also believe that
>Voldemort is back (OotP Chp11 - US version pg219). It just seems
>strange that The Order are so desperate for members and gaining
>support and that Neville's gran is obviously anti-Voldemort.

Well, come to think of it, how do we know she isn't a member of the Order?  
Are we certain that the only members are the ones we've seen?  But I suspect 
that even if she were asked she might not accept.  She already *has* a job 
to do against Voldemort -- protecting her grandson, and (possibly) 
protecting her son and daughter-in-law, who, if they ever show any signs of 
improvement, may well be in danger of ending up like whats-his-name, 
strangled by a potted plant.


Janet Anderson

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