Re: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows discussion thread (SPOILERS)
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Perhaps, but then again killing curses and flying broomsticks aren't particularly realistic, either.
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This is not the type of realism I'm talking about. I'm talking about character congruency, and I don't think the Neville in this book matched up with all prior Neville's...and it irked me, that's all.
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It kind of does. Rowling has been bringing Neville a long for a while now. Basically his grandmother had all sorts of sick expectations for him because his parents were aurors. Knowing he couldn't live up to that is what made him shy and unconfident in the first place.
The last few books he's continued to grow and it sounds like he's been growing into something his grandmother is proud of. I can see him getting to the point where he could actually be a leader. Especially to fill a void no one left in gryffindor could fill with harry/ron/heromine gone.
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