Nevillie's Memory (WAS Re: Snape and Harry again.)

[Kim McGibony]

No: HPFGUIDX 113290

Alla:

We don't know whether Snape is responsible for ALL
Neville's 
problems, but I am pretty sure that his cruelty is
resposible for 
making Neville's problems worse.

I am sure you remember the theory that Snape was there
when Neville's 
parents were tortured and Neville subconciously may be
afraid of him 
because of that. That if Neville indeed was
memory-charmed, Snape 
maybe the one who did it.

I find such theory do be quite plausible, but the
question is if 
Snape was there, what was he doing - torturing the
Longbottoms with 
others or coming to save Neville?

I really want it to be the first one, personally and
if all of those 
speculations are indeed true, I really want to read
the scene int he 
books , when Neville remembers all that and lets Snape
have it.


It just doesn't make sense that Snape was present or
that he altered Neville's memory. I think that perhaps
some well meaning (but misguided) family member (Uncle
Algie?) perhaps altered his memory as a child after
the attacks on his parents. It seems to me that as he
was a baby at the time, he would have been present
when his parents were tortured. And that seeing the
spider tortured in the same way would have jogged the
memory charm lose a bit. And he did improve greatly
after the escape from Azkaban of his parents tortures,
I think was simply a matter of resolve on his part. I
do think getting his own wand may also help.
Empooress


		
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