Luna and Harry

[susanbones2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 75751

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Tracy McNeil 
<tracymmcneil at y...> wrote:
> 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"

Jennifer writes:
I think you have hit the nail on the head. He and Luna share 
something very important but that's not necessarily the chemistry for 
romance. I find it difficult to believe Harry's going to have many 
more conventional experiences in his life. Even if he develops a 
special relationship with someone, the duress of the role he must 
play will not allow much time for development in a predictable 
teenage kind of way. Harry's left so much behind. He's a universe 
away now.
Jennifer