Neville and the Thestrals

[Adan]

No: HPFGUIDX 104850

"hermionekitten9" <kreneeb at h...> wrote:
> 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.


I think she said that Harry didn't actually see his parents' deaths, 
just the greenish light from the spells.  And he didn't actually see 
Quirrel die either, he was told about it later.  Then she added that 
Harry didn't see the thestrals at the end of book four because she 
didn't want to add anything like that at the end of the book and so 
she decided, as you said, that the death hadn't sunk in yet.

Adan