Lockhart and his memory

Maybe, he, like Neville is believed to have been, suffered such a powerful memory charm it will take a very long time for it to cure?

I didn't notice this, actually

Neville? Ok i have missed something *goes to reread the books*

Maybe he is in the permanent ward as it will take a long time, if at all, to recover his mamory, though Dumbledore is always a optamistic person

Thats actually a good question.

I think he'll be abele to get cured, maybe by a really powerful memory charm or potion, but we'll never find out i don't think. But, I think they did mention him in book 5...i havent read it in about a year tho. My couson borrowed it and I haven't gotten in back.

He is in the permanant ward with Nevilles parents. We know that they are incurable so we need to assume Lockhart is too. Maybe it is because one of his own spells backfired on him. Maybe that makes it worse. Also the wand was broken so maybe that has something to do with it? I'm not sure.
Great question.

I think that DUmbledore was just being optomistic and trying to show Harry and ROn everything was alright. Maybe he will go home soon and have like a healer come a stay with him. Or he could go back to live with his Mumsy. LOL! it doesnt really matter though, I seriously doubt it will affect the last book

i say its incurable and i dont really think it matters b/c he saw kind of a git lol

i agree i think dumbledore was being optimistic he always was lol! and i dont think it really matters i cannot see lockhart playing a very big part in 7th book hes just another of those small characters and j.k proberly re mentioned him for the sake of the nevillie thing

also in the fifth book (3years later) he still didnt have his meomory back so i dont think its gonna happen anytime soon

Yeah. I think its gone for good. It didn't really have a big impact on the books though except for in 5 for moving the plot to Neville's Parents

i don't think lockhart is going to recover because if he was such an expert on memory charms, then i doubt his memories will be able to resurface.

I never noticed that.But i think Dumbledore was just tlking so Harry and Ron wouldnt feel guilty.

I liked that he lost it though he started to get it back later.

Yeah, I think if Lockhart gets his memory back it'll take a while, since he such an expert on memory charms and all. And also, it must be a very slow process to get your memory back, because, as we know, Voldemort somehow broke the memory charms around Bertha but in doing so made her "damaged" as he says...though we don't know the exact methods, I don't think it could've been tortured cause that wouldn't break the memory charm. But anyway, my point is, in order to get your memory back and still be fine afterwards I think it must be a slow recovery.