Pettigrew/Neville

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 142348


> 
> Jaimee:

>  
> I do think there are some similarities between the two in the ways I  
> mentioned above, but Neville has more strength as a wizard than he
thinks, he  just 
> doesn't have abilities in the areas his grandmother wants him to  be
strong in, 
> and Neville has far far more strength of character than Pettigrew  had.

Finwitch:

Quite right, I think - you know, like Neville's grandmother wanted
Neville to have Transfiguration while his talent lies in Charms and
particularly Herbology! Even if his aim was poor, he did manage a
strong banishing charm (on professor Flitwick) and apparently he fixed
that problem in DA.

As for his strength - I've always seen Neville as a strong person -
one who's very *brave* as well. He's just the sort who tends to value
those who raise arms against the sea of sorrows (like Harry) whilst he
himself is the sort that silently suffers the arrows of cruel destiny
(curiously enough, Harry sometimes seems to appreciate that more). One
cannot really say which of them is more noble for it.

Finwitch