Neville will turn 17 the day before Harry does. This will make him an adult in the wizarding world and I have to wonder if it will signal a spark to one of my older theories: Neville’s parents put a spell on him very early in life to ‘forget’ his magic. Think about it… he was one of the boys that could have been a part of the prophecy! No one knew who it was when these boys were born. Neville’s parents were great wizards, they would want to protect their son. What better way than to ‘turn him into a squib’? Then he wouldn’t have ‘the power the Dark Lord knows not’. The family could hide in plain sight and not have to go into hiding like the Potters.The other part of this is how much JK Rowling has written about Neville and his lapse of memory/ability. Then his coming into his ability in the DA. But he is still not a great wizard, is he? With his parentage, shouldn’t we wonder why not?
So what if this spell is over when Neville becomes an adult wizard like the spell Dumbledore used for Harry? Neville is going to be one hec of a wizard then, huh? Look at what he has been able to accomplish under his parent’s spell. I think Bellatrix is in trouble.
And I still contend that there has to be something to the gum wrapper Neville’s mother gave him at the hospital. JK Rowling loves gum, the wrappers are all over her desk. There is something I’m missing about that one…
1 comment:
well Denise this is an extrodinary theory, but even if the Longbotoms tried to turn Neville into a squib i dont think that the dark lord would personally test his magical abilities before disposing of him. I think he would just wipe out any eligible children. because not many babies are showing magical abilities at that age. and he wanted to be sure that his opposition was eliminated.
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