Neville longbottomharry potter works archive of our own. Neville was one of two infants referred to in a prophecy made by sybill trelawney about the person with the power to defeat the dark lord. What if lord voldemort instead targeted neville and not harry. I nodded before reciting the prophecy to everyone th. Nov 19, 20 neville longbottom has quite a following in the harry potter fandom, and for good reasonhe is humble and noble, brave and kind, hes a wonderful friend and a fierce supporter. As harry comes to the realization that the prophecy is about himself. Sybill trelawneys first prophecy, also known as the lost prophecy or simply the prophecy, refers to the prophecy made by sybill trelawney to albus dumbledore at the hogs head pub early in 1980. Dumbledore interviews trelawney for teaching divination 1980. Neville longbottom has quite a following in the harry potter fandom, and for good reasonhe is humble and noble, brave and kind, hes a wonderful friend and a fierce supporter. Casual harry potter viewers will immediately link the chosen one term to harry potter, but he wasnt the only child who could have defeated lord voldemort. Had lord voldemort made neville longbottom the chosen one, could neville have vanquished the dark lord instead of harry potter. In fact, it was neville and harry who dominated the fight. One of voldemorts followers had heard the first part of the prophecy, but was not fortunate enough to hear the rest, and so gave his master information that could point to two candidates.
The longbottoms are one of the few pureblood families in the wizarding world. Apr 12, 2020 the harry potter movies did their best to include as many details and characters from the books as possible, but they completely failed the chosen one prophecy, and with it the importance of neville longbottom in the story. Harry the chosen one potter and neville both get stick from snape. Muggles guide to harry pottermagicprophecy wikibooks, open. The main story arc concerns harry s struggle against lord voldemort. It was about knowing what was important and being willing to fight for that. Harry potter still has fans reeling years after the final film and book but one fan theory has a shocking reason for why professor snape had particular hatred for one of his pupils. Voldemort decided that the prophecy was about harry, and thus made it about harry. The prophecy regarding harry and voldemort is in row 97 of the prophecy warehouse, and the rows are evidently quite long, and. A simple choice being the deciding factor between being the chosen one, or being in poor nevilles case one of lifes unlucky people. Harry potter is a series of seven fantasy novels and eight movies by j. The one with the power to vanquish the dark lord approaches. Because if we know the full prophecy we might be able to understand why dumbledore didnt tell the order about voldemort having horcruxes kingsley said.
Since the ministry named the prophecy it can be argued that they put a bullseye on harry potters back. Harry potter is a fantasy series of seven novels written by j. His brand of bravery wasnt about running in with wands blazing it was about picking your battles. In other words, in his quest for immortality he made the choice that would seal his doom. As he tries to deal with confusing feelings for one of his best friends, hes also struggling with ptsd. Nevilles parents were briefly mentioned in harry potter and the order of the phoenix, but their most impactful scene from the books comes in the half blood prince, when harry sees neville. Rowlings famous books with the best harry potter quotes to live by. Even still, as he watched harry struggle and flail and fight under the crushing weight of everyones expectations of him, he knew. There are two reasons why harry potter was chosen to be the boy of the prophecy over neville longbottom. Harry is literally marked by voldemort when he tries to kill him. Chapter 37 of harry potter and the order of the phoenix. This could have drawn lord voldemort to harry eventually. Nevilles character became more significant in harry potter and the order of the phoenix, in which it was learned that, as infants, both he harry were targeted by lord voldemort as the potential enemy foretold in sybill trelawneys prophecy.
Muggles guide to harry pottermagicprophecy wikibooks. That the prophecy that brought harry s in voldemorts path might as well as have referred to neville which means that voldemort forged his fate the moment he chose to honour the prophecy. Why neville longbottoms story always deserved a happy ending. Neville longbottom alternate harry potter theory popsugar tech. Neville longbottom was also a candidate for the chosen one label, as he also fits the prophecy. Harry and helping him save hermione in the battle for the prophecy.
A prophecy is a prediction made by a seer someone with the ability to see into. Jun 27, 2018 the harry potter series is 20yearsold this year. At some point before 1927, his prophecies were collected into a book entitled. Neville longbottom, harry potter, deathly hallows part 2. Rowling s sketches of the five gryffindor boys in harry potter s year, neville is shown as being the shortest, 64 but in the films, neville is the tallest, aside from dean thomas. Hermione is remus lupinbook smart and meticulous, always levelheaded. In the seventh book, neville, along with ginny weasley and luna lovegood, reform dumbledores army and recruit more wizards to rebel. Nevilles brand of bravery is one we want to see more of. Neville was a true gryffindor and the best sort of human being. Could have been neville, but everything fits harry better. Neville is the son of frank and alice longbottom, famous and wellliked aurors who were tortured into madness by the death eater bellatrix lestrange. Neville longbottom is the most important person in harry potter.
The harry potter series is the subject of multiple fan theories. Nevilles prophecy, a harry potter fanfic fanfiction. Muggles guide to harry pottercharactersneville longbottom. Part 2 2011, me before you 2016 and harry potter and the order of the phoenix 2007. Dumbledore enlightens harry to the reason why voldemort wanted to kill him in the first place. The novels chronicle the life of a young wizard, harry potter, and his friends hermione granger and ron weasley, all of whom are students at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Harry potter simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Professor dumbledore explains the prophecy to harry. The other chosen one by david haber on the night that sirius died, after the battle at the ministry of magic at the end of harry potter and the order of the phoenix, dumbledore showed harry the complete lost prophecy. The lost prophecy wikibooks, open books for an open world. I truly believe that following through the books, had neville not killed nagini, voldemort would have won. It is then we learn that it was possible that neville could also have been the chosen one. Nov 20, 2018 sybill trelawneys prophecy about harry potter explained, leaves fans stunned november 20, 2018 by vladimir afonski in the later books of the series, we realized that everything that happened before was prophesized by the divination professor, sybill trelawney, during her job interview with albus dumbledore, and that was the only reason she. Aside from harry potter, the other was neville longbottom, who was born.
Sybill trelawneys prophecy about harry potter explained. The prophecy states that there are two wizarding boys both born at the end of. In some respects, ive always thought it was a hat tip to the conceptual butterfly effect. The prophecy is one of the many highlights in the fifth instalment of the harry potter books. Harry begins auror training the september after the war ends. The fan fiction, written by tumblr user inksplotch, explores what the world of harry potter wouldve looked like if voldemort had chosen to mark neville as his opponent instead. No one told him no one else seemed to realise it no one looked at him when he trained quietly under harrys instruction, no one put pressure on him. With a new generation being introduced to the harry potter universe through the wizarding world and the fantastic beasts franchise, new potterheads are joining the family every year. It referred to a boy who would be born at the end of july in 1980, who had the power to defeat lord voldemort which voldemort took to mean harry potter. Harry potter, the chosen one, prophecy, harry or neville. The eerie similarities between harry potter and neville. The other was harry potter, and it was harry whom voldemort targeted on 31 october, 1981 making harry his equal and leading to his first defeat. Later in the first book, we see neville receive his package from home. Harry potter fan and book theory that means that harry potter might not be the chosen one but maybe neville longbottom subscribe for.
Sep 26, 2019 neville s character became more significant in harry potter and the order of the phoenix, in which it was learned that, as infants, both he harry were targeted by lord voldemort as the potential enemy foretold in sybill trelawneys prophecy. The eerie similarities between harry potter and neville longbottom. Also, since harry is the chosen one, it essentially means that neville is not part of the prophecy. Neville is a staunch friend of harry potters, and a true gryffindor. Snape overhears part of the prophecy and rushes to tell voldemort july 30th, 1980. The prophecy about harry explored in order of the phoenix essentially named him as the chosen one to stop voldemort. Inside the harry potter community there are many questions asked. Harry potter 384 neville longbottom 361 hermione granger 118 draco malfoy 111 ron weasley 107 ginny weasley 76 luna lovegood 68 severus snape 51 george weasley 46 sirius black 41 include relationships neville longbottomharry potter 445 draco malfoyharry potter 70 harry potterginny weasley 41. Voldemort was a halfblood, and harry was considered one too, thats why he chose him. Harry potter fans have spent countless hours mulling over the books and film franchise and have devised some pretty spellbinding theories about. If that is the case, then i think you can argue the prophecy means neville.
Neville longbottom trading card from the quidditch cup expansion of the harry potter trading card game depicting neville and trevor in j. The prophecy about harry explored in order of the phoenix essentially named. His partner is neville longbottom, his old friend, but feelings arise that cause harry to question not only his relationship with ginny, but every other aspect of his life. On the night that sirius d, after the battle at the ministry of magic at the end of harry potter and the order of the phoenix, dumbledore showed harry, with the aid of his pensieve, the complete lost prophecy.
The prophecy about voldemort and a child applied to either. When the world feels like its spinning out of control, take a page and some advice from j. Matthew lewis was born on june 27, 1989 in leeds, west yorkshire, england as matthew david lewis. Sybill trelawneys first prophecy harry potter wiki fandom. The books would still focus in on harry, ron, and hermiones adventures but only because they were reckless and willing to explore, not because. Jan 25, 2017 what if lord voldemort instead targeted neville and not harry. Why there was a different defense against the dark arts professor every year. He is an actor and producer, known for harry potter and the deathly hallows. The first is that harry was a halfblood, like voldemort, while neville was a pure blood. Before bill could ask everyone in the great hall who wanted to read next, he was interrupted by seamus asking harry, can you tell us what the prophecy said. A clear distinction must be drawn between divination, which is taught as an academic subject but which is clearly little better than muggle. Harry learns that snape was the one who told voldemort about the prophecy 1980. It is named for its protagonist and hero, harry potter the 7 books in the series have sold over 500 million copies across the world in over 70 languages, and is the bestselling book series of all time. He has been married to angela jones since may 28, 2018.
Voldemort learned that there were two boys that met the requirements of the prophecy. I have always found the prophecy storyarc throughout the harry potter books to be especially intriguing. One of voldemorts followers had heard the first part of the prophecy, but was not fortunate enough to hear the rest, and so gave his master information. When relating the horcruxes to the prophecy, harry is the most important horcrux.
What if neville was the child of the fortold prophecy. Feb 12, 2019 what books would you add to this list for young harry potter readers, not ready for the full series. Neville longbottoms 6 bravest gryffindor moments in harry potter. Harry potter movies failed neville and the prophecy. The son of frank and alice longbottom is almost always underestimated, yet other than the book series names. We see several times in the books where neville demonstrates how much of an idiot he is. Neville also might have been the chosen one, according to trelawneys prophecy. Jul 30, 2019 the prophecy that made voldemort attack harry and his parents could have also applied to neville, who was born july 30, 1980.
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