Neville and the Thestrals

[hermionekitten9]

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kitten says
But if Neville saw his grandfather die during VMWI that would make 
Neville one year old (same age as Harry was) so Neville wouldn't be 
able to see the threstals (spelling?)  JKR has said that Harry 
couldn't see the threstals, before book five, because he was too 
young, or their death wouldn't have "sunk in" yet... I would assume 
that the same would be said for Neville.

kitten
whos sorry for jumping in, just wanted to add that...



>From: "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at yahoo.com> 
>Reply-To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com 
>To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com 
>Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Neville and the Thestrals 
>Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 05:53:04 -0000 
> 
>-becky: Just a general point here as I reread OotP... Neville's 
>grandfather was killed in front of him. Many signs point to 
>Neville's memory having been tampered with-- why would this memory 
>be left? Just musing, really... 
> 
>Christina: I have wondered this also, but I also wonder how his 
>grandfather died? Could he have died in VMW1 when his parents were 
>attacked? 
> 
>Pixie: Who says his grandfather was killed? I always pictured him 
>dying in bed, from natural causes. There would be no need to modify 
>a memory like that. 
> 
>Carol (responding to everybody): 
>I don't have the exact quote handy, but Bellatrix taunts Neville 
>during the DoM battle about his grandmother losing yet another 
>relative (meaning Neville himself) to the DEs. That to me suggests 
>that the DEs killed her husband as well as torturing her son and 
>daughter-in-law into insanity. (Bella herself may have had a hand 
in 
>the murder, though her specialty is the Cruciatus Curse.) 
> 
>Not that I believe Neville has had his memory modified. The human 
mind 
>can only take so much suffering, and I imagine that his 
forgetfulness 
>is partly the result of repression from which he's slowly 
recovering. 
>There really is no need for memory modification spells to explain 
his 
>mental and emotional state in Books 1 through 5. 
> 
>Carol