Nearly The One - Was:Re: Prophecy wording - why not Neville?

[Karen Barker]

No: HPFGUIDX 128395

Debbie wrote: (with massive snippage)
> 
> Ah, Gran's disappointment.  
> But an equally likely reason for Gran's treatment of Neville is 
> her overwhelming disappointment that it was that Potter kid, and  
> not *her* grandson, who defeated Voldemort. 

But would Grannie Longbottom know about the prophesy?  It certainly 
doesn't seem to be common knowlege, otherwise it would surely have 
been told to Harry as part the legend of 'The Boy Who Lived'.  

The Weasleys, a highly respected pure blood wizarding family, seem 
to have had no prior knowlege of it till OooP when Dumbledore 
informs all the members of The Order of its existance so that they 
understand the significance of keeping Harry away from the MoM.  He 
does not seem to have told them of its content though.

Lord V only knows about its existance (the 'copy' in the MoM) 
because Rockwood, a DE who works in the Dept of Mysteries, has told 
him it's there.

I think, therefore, that Gran does not know about the prophesy and 
is just disappointed that her grandson is not living up to the 
legacy of his 'respected auror' father.  Because of this she 
chastises him at every opportunity thereby putting a massive dent 
into his confidence.

Incidentally I think that his abilities will improve even further 
now that he will have to have his own wand and no longer has to use 
his father's old one; one that I'm sure he has been made to feel 
totally unworthy of.

Karen