24 Underdog Facts About Neville Longbottom
24 Underdog Facts About Neville Longbottom
He may have started off as a sidekick, but you better not count out Neville Longbottom. This oddball proved to be one of the most loyal and courageous members of a Hogwarts House known worldwide for its fealty and bravery.
Long live Neville Longbottom!
24. Southpaw
Neville is canonically left-handed: in a publicity photo for Order of the Phoenix, he can be seen writing with this hand, and eagle-eyed fans can see that he also hold's Godric Gryffindor's sword with his left hand in publicity material for The Deathly Hallows Part 2. Naturally, he also holds his wand in his left hand throughout the films.
23. The Meringue Incident
Neville's family, however, didn't the small signs of magic he exhibited as a baby and were afraid Neville was a squib when he was growing up. Until, that is, the Meringue Incident.
When Neville was eight, his Uncle Algie was dangling him outside a window when he got distracted by a meringue and dropped his nephew. Neville, in his first explicit display of magic, bounced all the way down, unharmed.
22. Disappointment
Matthew Lewis, who brought Neville to life on film, expressed publicly how disappointed he was that a crucial scene from the books was not included in the movies. It's the scene where Neville visits his parents in St. Mungo's in Order of the Phoenix. Lewis felt it was an important moment for Neville, and showed that all his bravery throughout the events of the books and films is for his parents.
21. Love life
Although, in the films at least, Neville confesses to his love for Luna Lovegood, that relationship ends up being more of a summer fling. Instead, he ends up marrying Hufflepuff's Hannah Abbot. The couple live above the Leaky Cauldron.
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