Neville, Harry and Unforgivables (WAS: Which HP character you would bring home)

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No: HPFGUIDX 185993

potioncat wrote:

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> Also, Neville refused to cast the Cruciatus, even took severe 
> punishment for his action. Harry cast one in anger, when it made no 
> sense to do so.

Joey:

I always thought Neville and Harry had a strong dislike for Cruciatus 
and AK respectively because of the impact these 2 curses had on their 
lives i.e. these curses made them lose parental love and care. In 
GoF, Neville was one of those on whom Imperius curse was demonstrated 
by Fake!Moody and Neville also witnessed the AK curse demonstration. 
Yet the way he reacted to Cruciatus was more significant than the way 
he reacted to the other two. Similarly, the way Harry reacted to AK 
was more poignant than the way he reacted to the other two - so much 
so that even when his opponent was LV, he only *disarmed* him!! :-)

Neville refused to cast the Cruciatus when Carrows forced him to 
punish students. He was rebelling against the oppression of those two 
DEs. In Harry's case, he cast the curse on Carrow as the DE had spat 
on McGonagall's face - not a justifiable/logical act, I agree, yet 
pretty understandable considering the fact that one cannot be cent 
percent rational and just when tension/anger levels hit an all-time 
high, IMO. :-)

However, I certainly agree with you that Neville doesn't seem to have 
cast any of the Unforgivable curses in any situation whatsoever (as 
per Canon, at least) unlike Harry who has used both Imperius (at 
Gringotts) and Crucio (against Bellatrix and Carrow).

Cheers,
~Joey, who likes both Neville and Harry for what they are :-)