So, lots of discussions thus far about Snape (good Snape, bad Snape, just general Snape-itis) - all good and all great points. After looking back through my non Snape notes, I thought I’d ask for patience whilst we explore that seeming unanswerable question, "why did LV choose Harry" to mark as his equal at GH. And who might have known the Dark Smarmy Lord was going to visit and perform the dasterdly deeds he did that fateful night Harry rec’d his car and his first motorcycle ride. ( Yes indeedy, those of us Harley- obsessed are happy to have another convert in our midst.)
We all know what we’ve been able to pick up in the books about this. We also know that Neville Longbottom could have just as been easily chosen as the Other in the prophecy, but wasn’t. And who knew about the Prophecy? Dumbledore did, of course, as apparently did Snape. As DD says in OoP, both the Longbottoms and the Potters were in the Order and I think were alerted to the prophecy or danger at some point. Surely someone in the Ministry knew of the prophecy’s existence. The Potters, we know, chose to go into hiding. What did the Longbottoms do if they knew?
The question this all begets is why *Frank Longbottom* would be tortured for information about LV’s whereabouts after GH? I say Frank first because the way that the Penseive passage is written; it *starts* with Frank being tortured and then his wife when Frank wouldn’t talk - Barty Crouch in DD’s Penseive scene of GoF is what we base our understanding upon.
Would not talk about "what"? How would Frank know anything about where LV went? Couple this with JKR’s statement that the LeStranges weren’t in on the secret of the prophecy - and according to herself, Bella et all were sent directly to the Longbottoms only a few weeks after LV’s disappearance but not to kill Neville. They specifically were the ones the DE’s wanted. (Another question: who the hell *sent them* if LV was MIA? Don’t blame me for asking, blame Rowling for her site’s answer to the question of the choice.)
Wouldn’t that line of thought perhaps lead one to the speculation Frank saw what happened at GH? JKR’s also mentioned before that we maybe haven’t seen the last of the time turners -could it be that Ministry would have allowed a time turner’s use to find out just what happened to the most notorious terrorist in years? In PoA, time isn’t to be meddled with and bad things happen to wizards who do; per Hermoine, noboby but nobody is supposed to change time. Frank could have witnessed the whole thing and since we know Ministry employed DE’s exist, maybe the rumor got out....
The other alternative is one that I feel slightly queasy about, and hate to even mention. What if Gran’s darling Frank did something that might not be so Order-ish - like trying to save his family in lieu of the Potters’ demise.
Hmm. Much to ponder.
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