[HPforGrownups] The Sting: Lucius sent Bella (was:Re: LV: Where'd He Go and How did Frank...)

[rebecca]

No: HPFGUIDX 151038


>Neri:
><snip>

>Here, I'll paste the whole question and answer again while stressing
>the parts I think JKR's mind was on:

>************************************************
>Rumour:
>The Lestranges were sent AFTER NEVILLE to kill him.

>Answer:
>No, they weren't, they were very definitely sent AFTER NEVILLE'S
>PARENTS. I can't say too much ABOUT THIS because it touches too
>closely on THE PROPHECY and how many people KNEW about it, but the
>Lestranges were NOT in on the secret.
>*************************************************

<snip>

>I'm not saying the Lestranges *weren't* strictly sent by someone other
>than themselves or Voldemort, but personally I won't be surprised or
>disappointed with JKR's integrity if it turns out they weren't. It's a
>rather vague canon detail and I would hesitate to build a whole theory
>on it.

Rebecca now:

I've read this whole thread between Carol, Neri and Pippin with great 
interest and appreciate all your views.

For myself,  I believe that with the emphasis on certain words in JKR's 
response as Neri has displayed above, the reader can theoretically come to 
one possible conclusion that  JKR is reluctant speak about this rumor too 
much because it will give something away for Book 7. However, she 
specifically wanted to correct the perception that Neville was the target 
and then hints that the reason Frank and Alice were targeted is relative to 
who knew about the prophecy.  Note that she says the Lestranges didn't 
know - but did Barty Crouch, Jr?  Why isn't he mentioned in JKR's response 
to the rumor?  Because the person asking the question didn't include him? 
Or is it more than that?

Consider that someone who knows about the prophecy that perhaps *LV heard* 
sent the Lestranges to seek out Frank and Alice. In other words, LV never 
heard the whole prophecy, did he? His Partially Informed Dark Lordship only 
heard an incomplete version of it, as Dumbledore's discussion with Harry at 
the end of OoP details. So did the person who sent the Lestranges know only 
what LV knew or did they know what the prophecy stated completely?

See, I think that's the confusion I have.  I waffle between Barty Crouch Jr 
being the instigator of this activity, or perhaps it being someone else who 
knows the full prophecy in all its glory and did not share the details with 
the Lestranges and Barty Crouch Jr. That's an interesting concept, isn't it? 
Wouldn't that person have to be in DoM or perhaps in the Order or even close 
enough to the Longbottoms, Potters and Dumbledore to know about such a 
thing?

rebecca, with just my 1.0999 cents  and lots of questions after paying for 
gas this week