[HPforGrownups] Re: TBAY: Longbottoms and memory charms

[Kathryn Jones]

No: HPFGUIDX 132319





> Neri suggested:
> So the options I see are:
> 
> 1. Neither Neville nor his parents are MCharmed.
> 
> 2. Both Neville and his parents are MCharmed (requires an explanation
> how Neville got it too, and also why is Neville's charm much weaker
> than that of his parents).
> 
> 3. Neville is MCharmed but his parents are merely traumatized
> 
> 4. Neville's memory problems are completely natural but his parents
> were MCharmed
> 
> 5. Neville's parents were treated with Forgetfulness Potion and
> Neville got it from them through the wrappers (the ELKINS AVENGED
> scenario.
> 
   Kathy Writes:

      So what if none of them are memory charmed.  Could it be that once 
V. disappeared DD stopped being a SK because it was no longer needed. 
It could be that as a result of the Potters' murders that Frank and 
Alice discovered who the "spy" was in the Order and were trying to get 
in touch with DD to spill the beans. The DE "knew what steps V had taken 
to prevent his death" and expected him back momentarily. They were 
perhaps trying to prevent this exposure to protect their spy in case V. 
reappeared as suddenly as he disappeared. The book said that they had 
been crucio'd until their minds snapped.  Perhaps Frank and Alice 
attempted to convince them that they did not know the name of the spy, 
so the DE just tortured them to make sure. If they had admitted to 
knowing the name of the spy, they would have been killed. Perhaps Alice 
only has enough left on the ball to try to tell Neville something as he 
has access to DD.  She doesn't give the wrappers to Neville's Granny, 
she gives them to him.
      Neville could be nothing more than lacking in confidence and his 
own wand instead of his father's wand.
What do you think, too James Bond?
KJ