Neville again

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No: HPFGUIDX 102250

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> wrote:
> 
> Jen: What about Madam Pomfrey's comment--do you mean that Neville 
> remembers the night his parents were Crucio'd or something else? 
> 
Kneasy:
How much he remembers is open to question,  but I  think it's a fair
assumption that he remembers more  than Harry does about Godric's 
Hollow. For one thing, it lasted much longer (torture takes time) and
so is likely to have made a memorable impact.

Jen:
> 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.

Kneasy:
Quite possible. 
At  the Ministry Bella makes a comment to the effect that Nevilles 
Gran should be used to losing members of her family. (How many
in total, I wonder?) So reducing Neville to near invisibility on the
DE radar could be a deliberate ploy on Gran's part. 

> > 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:
Hmm. Yes. I feel the same way. A flint? Hope not. It's these unconsidered
trifles that give us a chance to get really imaginative when we finally do
take notice of them. I'll brood until I can come up with some fantastical
theory, hopefully in the true spirit of the FEATHERBOA fan club. 

> 
> 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.
> > snip>>
> > 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.

Kneasy:
It was post 60583. Dog days. Everyone marking time during the last 
week before OoP came out. Lots of theories - some just displacement 
activity so that we didn't climb the walls in frustration.
But I  quite liked the idea of a link between Percy and Neville. It can
be made as bangy as you like. Neville, the future hero, hidden from
his parents enemies, suddenly comes into  his own, etc. etc. And
anyway Harry might need someone to watch his back, protecting it from
traitorous enemies. Especially if there's the expected Weasley cull.

Kneasy