Some (once private) thoughts Now on Longbottoms

[Lyn J. Mangiameli]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "snow15145" <kking0731 at g...> wrote:

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> Alice as the key character can 
> explain quite a bit about why she may have been tortured along with 
> Snape info, which could be the reason why her and her husband had 
> been tortured. 
> 
> Sirius told Peter that the deatheaters imprisoned in Azkaban were 
> furious about the spy that turned traitor "I've heard them screaming 
> all sorts of things in their sleep. Sounds like they think the double-
> crosser double-crossed them. Voldemort went to the Potters' on your 
> information..." Could it be that they were actually referencing 
> Snape? Bella isn't all that quick to believe Snape at Spinners End so 
> it could be very likely. 
> 
> It all fits for me but then sometimes I can be a bit delusional. 
> Wait
does'nt being delusional entitle me to a button or flag or metal 
> of some kind even though this isn't ship territory. 


Ah being delusional can have its own joyful merits. 

You've sparked me to profer another delusion just for the fun of it. 

I can't say I'm aware that anyone has ever had anything but sympathy for the Longbottoms 
in their present state, and almost surely, rightfully so......but just what if it the 
Longbottoms had their own role in steering LV to the Potters. If they were aware of the 
prophecy, they might have felt they would ensure their own son' s safety, as well as their 
own, by having the "other" child become the marked one, and the one to be killed. An 
ironic act of concern, indeed love, for their own child, but carried out in the most ignoble 
of ways. Such irony, that parental love could be perverted to such evil. Such irony that 
their torture would leave them unable to be there for, and to enjoy their son.

If they engaged in such a deed, and the DEs had some awareness of this, is it any wonder 
that they would seek out the Longbottoms thinking they actually did know something 
about/have responsibility for what happened to LV, and also be quite content to torture 
them into insanity. I think one could even suggest there is a hint that the Grandmother 
Longbottom might have a clue of what Frank and Alice had done. And if Neville had heard 
of the reasons why his parents were being tortured, might it not also give reason for a 
memory charm being placed upon him, to spare him from learning of his parents 
treachery in his defense. 

All highly unlikely, and rather unpleasantly dark, but near as I can recall, it doesn't violate 
canon, and might even be explanatory of it.

Consider the possibilities as you like, just for fun