Neville again

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 102242

Kneasy:
> DD's admission that Neville was a possible  candidate as a Voldy!
Target, Madam 
> Promfrey's comment that thoughts  could leave deeper  scarring 
than 
> almost anything else, the fact that Neville has been trying to do 
> quality spells with a wand that  was not his own.

Jen: What about Madam Pomfrey's comment--do you mean that Neville 
remembers the night his parents were Crucio'd or something else? 

About all the clues. The only theory that makes sense to me is that 
Gran has done everything in her power to keep Neville safe, 
including discouraging magic at a young age, giving Neville a wand 
she knew wouldn't work for him, visiting his parents all the time to 
show what can happen if you're a powerful witch/wizard. I don't mean 
that so harshly, she is obviously proud of her son and wants Neville 
to be proud of them and know them in a limited way. It's just that, 
underneath it all, is Gran's fear for Neville.

If Gran knows anything about the Prophecy through Alice & Frank, 
it's that Neville may be targeted. And she knows DE's don't always 
ask questions first, so she wants to make sure Neville is as 
cowering, non-magical, and non-threatening as possible. 

I don't think she's going to get her wish!

Kneasy:
> A short digression or two. Neville himself says that up until he 
was 
> eight he was thought to be "all Muggle." Not Squib - Muggle. 

Jen: hm, never noticed that. What does *that* mean? Unless he's not 
Frank's son. We know he looks like Alice, so she's definitely the 
mom. Don't know what to make of this.

Kneasy:
> Remembering of course, that if he hadn't persisted in throwing 
Neville off piers, 
> dropping him out of windows and whatever, Neville would probably 
not 
> have got
> to Hogwarts.  Shame on me, I laughed my socks off at the image of 
> Neville bouncing down the path on his head, but obviously JKR was 
> making a serious point and humour was the last thing she intended.
>   For sure.

Jen: Haha Kneasy--sacasm will get you nothing around here except a 
fight, and I *know* you don't want a fight....

I thought this was a hilariously funny incident and a good point to 
show how different the magical world is from RL. The rules just 
aren't the same.

Kneasy:
> I also have a soft spot for a theory I posted last summer before 
OoP 
> was published. It's based on a combination of JKR's love of names 
and 
> factual English history.
> 
> As a brief surmise, there were two great noble families that were 
> almost petty kings in their own right. Between them they guarded 
the 
> northern border against marauding Scots. One family supported the 
> established government for centuries and produced some of the most 
> significant characters in English history - the Nevilles. The 
other 
> family were their traditional enemies  and produced generation 
after 
> generation of traitors and troublemakers - their name? Percy.
> 
> Now isn't that an interesting coincidence?
> Neville vs Percy.
> Could be fun.

Jen: Neville vs. Percy? I don't know how bangy that would be. I'd 
like to see Neville take on someone a little bigger. He's already 
the only one left standing with Harry in the DOM, and now he'll have 
a new wand. Percy seems like a small-fry now. Do you have the post # 
of the theory from last summer? I might be convinved by some blood-
thirsty analysis.