"childproofing" wands, and Neville in GoF

[lene]

No: HPFGUIDX 104646

On Monday 05 July 2004 09:47 pm, jastrangfeld wrote:

> That is exactly what I'm saying!  I figure somehow there may have been
> a scuffle, and he couldn't reach his own wand, and ended up grabbing
> Lily's.  So what do you think? If hers was excellent for charm work,
> there's no reason she wouldn't charm it to protect her kids?
> "Childproofing" comes to mind as well.  :)

Ok, here's a fun thought. Your comment about childproofing reminded me of the 
scene at the Quidditch tournament where Harry, Ron, and Hermione are walking 
past the various tents and see a toddler playing with a wand, making a slug 
grow larger. His momma runs out to stop him, saying something along the lines 
of "Mustn't play with Daddy's wand!" So... maybe baby Harry used mummy's wand 
to deflect the AK?

I don't think this, really, but I like it anyway. <g>

One other thing sprang to mind this afternoon as I read GoF. Did FakeMoody use 
Imperio or some other nefarious bit of business on Neville when he invited 
him in for tea after upsetting him during class by showing the Cruciatus 
curse on the spider? I note that it isn't long after this that Ron makes one 
of his "fake predictions" in which he tells Harry to beware of a friend who 
is going to backstab him. Will Neville betray Harry at some point? I love 
Neville, and would hate to see this happen, but  I also don't think FakeMoody 
was sincerely interested in comforting Neville during that private teatime. 
(I have so much fun trying to detect wheels within wheels within wheels...)

Lene'