Neville, a Remembrall, bublle gum wrappers, Snape, and Bella: a theory

[goldenmoonrose]

We are in the final hour for last minute crack pot theories to take shape.

Occulm's Razor has no place in literature in general and Harry Potter in particular. End of story.

JKR not only loves crack pot theories, she is a creator of them. And I don't mean just because she peppers her books with misbehaving sneakascopes and flying motorcycles. I'm

Comments

[godrevypoint]

Very interesting theories! I never took into consideration because the reasons behind Snape bullying Harry. I fully stand behind my theory in that Snape is good, so I agree with what you said. It makes a world of sense for him to inadvertently be training Harry.

As for Neville, I hope he gets his revenge. I too think the bubblegum wrappers have some significance, as they are the only connection between Neville and Alice.

[goldenmoonrose]

Thank you!

Yes, I think that Snape is too smart to be ruled by his emotions, especially in his treatment of his students.

[orpheus_samhain]

JKR said in an interview that the wrappers are not of significance. It's simply one of those things mentally addled people do.

[straussmonster]

Occam's Razor is a beautiful thing.

[goldenmoonrose]

eh, but it's a boring thing. :)

[hylarn]

JKR specifically said that the bubble gum wrappers have no significance on her website.

[goldenmoonrose]

JKR is such a killjoy. :)

I'm sure that they have some signifficance, otherwise they wouldn't be there. In the very least, the signifficance is a connection between mother and son.

Which is what I said in my theory, anyway.

[straussmonster]

I'm sure that they have some signifficance, otherwise they wouldn't be there.

Assuming that Everything Is Meaningful is inevitably a route to overcomplication compared to what actually happens--assuming that your primary goal involves what actually happens in the text.

[slythwolf]

The thing about that, though, is that when you're writing fiction you can't afford to waste your words and your readers' time on things that are completely insignificant. It's why we don't know, for example, what brand of shampoo Harry uses, and won't find out unless it's significant to the plot.

[rogueravenclaw]

Interesting theory. I very much think that Neville will play some important role in the downfall of Voldemort. It would be very interesting if he turned out to know where i horcrux is. I personally think that Rosmerta knows where one is (long stor, but putting her under an imperius curse so she wouldn't run and tell DD is a rather good idea, don't ya think?), and is along the same idea that you're talking about now.

There are a few questions that I have at this point. First of all, why did Bella and pals think that the Longbottoms knew about Voldemort’s location? Why would the Longbottoms know that and not the Death Eaters? That is a VERY good point. One thing that came to my mind when I read that was Regulus. In HBP, DD offers Draco protection, to hide him so completely from the world and Voldemort that he is dead. I always thought that Regulus might have been offered similar protection. The thing is, Bella knows Regulus isn't dead somehow, and knows that he is hiding a horcrux. Could Frank and Alice be a secret keeper? Just

[godrevypoint]

One thing though, how would Neville remember any of this if he were only a year old when it all took place? Even without a memory charm, a one-year-old isn't likely to retain such information.

[slythwolf]

Oh, I don't know. I have pretty vivid but mostly sensory memories from when I was about eighteen months.

[lunar_music]

He may have some subconscious memory of it that a sufficiently talented legilimens could uncover and extract for viewing in a pensieve.

[sari_malfoy]

VERY interesting theory, and what's more, it has actually convinsing "evidence". You made me think that this indeed could and SHOULD be so. I especially liked the points where you pointed out Neville's own summation of his problem "“The problem is that I can never remember what I’ve forgotten.” (AHHA!! Awesome point!) and the fact that Snape scares him/befuddles him isn't necessarily a coincidense or his own fault...or upto him at all!!

If this will be the case come DH, I hope his possible coming-to won't make him too un-Neville though. Just more adequate and confident :)

[goldenmoonrose]

thank you very much and I fully agree with you.