What do we KNOW about Crucio Longbottom! Was: JKR has updated her site

[Hagrid]

No: HPFGUIDX 158343

> > "potioncat" wrote: (snipped)
> >
> > One of the older theories here has been that James 
> > gave DD the IC for the Order's use. ..
> > 
> > I don't know. That isn't very bangy unless whoever had the IC is 
> > important. Hagrid? Snape? Lupin?
> > 
> 
> Aussie:
> Two People needed to be protected because of the prophesy. One was 
> Harry. The other was Neville.
> 
> After the attck on the Potters, the Longbottoms were Crucio-ed by 
DE 
> trying to get information. When the DE turned up at the 
Longbottom's 
> house, where was Neville? Maybe baby Neville was in the room, but 
> like Harry on the Tower, was under a spell to not move or make 
> noise. Neville wasn't seen because the IC was over him. 
> 
aussie (again)
'Steve' emailed me and asked how Neville having the IC would be 
a "significant - even crucial" answer.

If baby Neville may have witnessed the DE torturing his parents, 
then he may have flashbacks, just as Harry remembered bits of when 
Lily was killed. 

Neville has some intuitive feelings at times. Could any of them be 
attributed to what he witnessed?

- What do we KNOW of the Longbottom's attack?
- What are "Opinions" that may just try to distract us?
- If Neville was there, would threat of harming the baby made the 
Longbottoms talk? 
- Was he discovered by a DE, but not exposed to the others? 
- Some suggest Neville's scatter-brain style is similar to Gilderoy 
Lockhart after the memory charm backfired. Did a DE use one on 
Neville then?
- We know the names of the DE that were sent to Azkaban for that 
attack, but were more there? 

(I would love to accuse Snape of being there and that is why Neville 
doesn't like him, but Bellatrix should have said something about it 
in Spinner's End.- or was that one of the times she almost said 
something?)

JKR gave us the IC clue - now what do we do with it?

aussie