Let's take a minute to talk about Neville Longbottom

In my last post, I said that Neville was the most underrated character, and I was dead serious.

Why? Because the whole book series would have gone up in smoke if it weren't for Neville.

1. If it weren't for Neville's remembrall, McGonagall would not have chosen Harry to be seeker for the Gryffindor team. Harry would not be trained so well on a broom, and he wouldn't have beat that dragon in the triwizard cup.
2. If it weren't for Neville standing up to Harry, Ron, and Hermione the night they caught Quirrell, Gryffindor wouldn't have won the house cup, and Draco's head would have been 10 times bigger.
3. If it weren't for Neville, Dobby wouldn't have been able to get the gillyweed to Harry, so he would have drowned in the Lake.
4. If it weren't for Neville, nobody in the 4th year Defence Against the Dark Arts class would know what the Cruciatus curse was.
5. Neville could have easily had Harry's life. If Snape had been in love with Neville's mom, these books would have been centered around Neville.
6. Neville's life was just as hard as Harry's. His parents were tortured into insanity, he had to go live with his slightly scary grandmother, where everyone thought he was a squib, and his uncle kept trying to kill him so that his magic will show up. When it did finally show up, he was given a frog, which had a habit of escaping.
7. If it weren't for Neville (and Trevor, the toad, of course), Harry, Ron, and Hermione wouldn't have had their adorable first meeting. And, Ron might still have dirt on his nose.
8. If it weren't for Neville, all of the students that were in Hogwarts while Harry, Ron, and Hermione were traipsing around the country would have been chewed up and spit out by the Carrows.
9. If it weren't for Neville, those same kids would have had nowhere to go when they were on the run from Snape and the Carrows, but they did have somewhere to go. Because Neville figured everything out about the room of requirement. Because he is a flipping genius.
10. If it weren't for Neville, Harry would not have been able to kill Voldemort. Neither Harry, Ron, nor Hermione were able to kill Nagini. Neville stepped in. He slashed that snake like a boss, and the last Horcrux was gone, leaving the noseless wonder open and vulnerable for Harry to Avada Kedavra him.

So, obviously, we have not given Neville nearly enough credit for all of his bravery and endeavors. He's pretty much the backbone of these books. Nothing happens without Neville.

Not to mention the fact that the man is a stone cold fox.