Neville Longbotttom

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 165066

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Bridellwyn Orr"
<Bridellwyn at ...> wrote:
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> What of Neville's similarities with Peter Pettigrew? The parallels
> between the two seem too many to be more than mere coincidence. I
> wonder if Rowling is going to have Neville betray Harry, or at least
> create some suspence by leaving the possibility open...
> 

colebiancardi:

quite frankly, what similarities?  Other than Neville being
round-faced, there aren't any.  Neville isn't a hanger-on like Peter,
Neville has courage to stand up to his friends(PS/SS), Neville isn't a
suck-up like Peter was, and so on.

In fact, Neville is very much his own person.  Just because Peter &
Neville both have round faces, doesn't mean there are similiarties. 
Neville's parents were both driven insane by DE's; Neville was
supposed to be thought a squib for many years by his family;  Peter
seemed to have some talent early on, due to his wormtail persona.  

I never "got" any similarities between Neville & Peter - Harry, way
back when, used to envision Peter as a Neville looking type - I
believe it was in PoA, but other than that, I cannot see anything
remotely tieing those 2 characters together.

cole