Neville again

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 102307

Kneasy said :
> > > 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 answered :
> > 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 commented :
> 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.

Del replies :
Sorry guys, but I DO think it's a kind of Flint. We weren't introduced
to the concept of Squibs until the second book, CoS. In the first book
we had lots of information to digest in the first chapters, and I
guess JKR just didn't want to add the unnecssary complexity of using
the word Squib. So she used Muggle instead. But Neville *can't* be
Muggle at all : he's a pure-blood, we've been told so repeatedly.
And remember also that when PS/SS was published, nobody knew if the
following books would ever be published. So why introduce a concept
(Squibs) that wouldn't be used anywhere else in the book ?

Del