Luna and Harry

[Tracy McNeil]

No: HPFGUIDX 75720

greatlit2003:
> I also am in favor of Harry & Luna hooking up. 
However, the idea really doesn't seem to have a lot of 
popularity on this board.  Probably because Luna is so 
weird, and so they don't want it to happen.  But to be 
honest, it's exactly the kind of thing that Rowling 
would do.  Harry dates the pretty, popular girl and finds 
out she's emotionally unstable and totally wrong for him.
 Then he dates the weird, unpopular girl, getting past his 
initial impression of her, and finds out she's really great! >>>


Now me:
I don't really care if Harry and Luna get together I
just think she is into him. When she first shares the
coach on the way to the Hogwarts, it's Ron that she
dotes on and asks questions to and about. It's for Ron
that she wears the Gryfindor Lion although she lives
in another house. She is ALWAYS staring at or talking
to Ron. 
I think the reason people might think there is
potential between her and Harry is because the
unspoken bond of "camaraderie of outsiders" they
share, i.e. seeing people die and not always being
accepted by the hogwarts mainstream. Similar to the
"outsiders" bond he felt with Sirius. Note it is the
loss of this understanding which makes him feel the
most alone after Sirius' passing. (He even mentions it
somewhere, but I don't have time to find it) 
Therefore, after Sirius death, it would make sense
that he feels most comfortable with Luna. But this
does not necessitate love. 

"Tracy McNeil"