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Welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory. Today we’re going to be discussing Frank and Alice Longbottom, otherwise known as the parents of Neville Longbottom. Specifically, we’ll be taking a closer look at their history—who they were, what they were like—and then shifting to what happened to them at the hands of Bellatrix Lestrange and the other Death Eaters.
This is another one of those topics that the movies barely touch on, so if you haven’t read the books, there should be a lot of information for you here.
Topics Discussed:
The tragic history of Frank and Alice Longbottom
What happened to Neville Longbottom’s parents
Why Bellatrix Lestrange tortured the Longbottoms
Why the Death Eaters targeted Frank and Alice Longbottom
Frank and Alice Longbottom’s careers as Aurors
The Longbottoms during the First Wizarding War
Frank and Alice Longbottom in the original Order of the Phoenix
Voldemort’s disappearance after attacking Harry Potter
Bellatrix Lestrange, Rodolphus Lestrange, Rabastan Lestrange and Barty Crouch Jr.
The torture of Frank and Alice Longbottom
The Cruciatus Curse and its effects
Why the Longbottoms were tortured into insanity
What information the Death Eaters wanted from the Longbottoms
The trial of Bellatrix Lestrange and the other Death Eaters
Frank and Alice Longbottom at St Mungo’s Hospital
Neville Longbottom’s childhood and family history
Augusta Longbottom raising Neville
Neville visiting his parents at St Mungo’s
Alice Longbottom giving Neville sweet wrappers
How Neville’s parents shaped his personality and character
Neville Longbottom’s development throughout Harry Potter
Neville’s connection to the prophecy
Neville Longbottom and Harry Potter’s parallel childhoods
Harry Potter book details left out of the movies
Harry Potter lore, character history and Wizarding War explained
Questions Answered:
What happened to Neville Longbottom’s parents?
Why was Neville So BAD at Magic?
Why were Frank and Alice Longbottom tortured?
Why did Bellatrix Lestrange torture Neville’s parents?
Who tortured Frank and Alice Longbottom?
Were Neville’s parents killed?
Why did Neville’s parents go insane?
What did the Death Eaters want from Frank and Alice Longbottom?
Did Frank and Alice know where Voldemort was?
Why did Bellatrix believe the Longbottoms had information about Voldemort?
Were Frank and Alice Longbottom Aurors?
How powerful were Neville Longbottom’s parents?
Were Frank and Alice members of the Order of the Phoenix?
When were Neville’s parents tortured?
What happened after Voldemort disappeared in 1981?
Who was arrested for torturing the Longbottoms?
Why was Barty Crouch Jr. involved in the Longbottom torture?
What happened to Bellatrix Lestrange after the attack?
Where did Neville’s parents live after being tortured?
Could Frank and Alice Longbottom ever recover?
Why did Neville live with his grandmother?
Why did Neville hide what happened to his parents?
Why does Alice Longbottom give Neville sweet wrappers?
Did Neville’s classmates know what happened to his parents?
How did Neville’s parents affect his childhood?
Was Neville Longbottom also connected to Voldemort’s prophecy?
How was Neville’s childhood similar to Harry Potter’s?
Why is the Longbottom story much darker in the Harry Potter books?
What happened to Frank and Alice Longbottom after the Harry Potter series?
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