[HPforGrownups] Re: The Kacky Snorgle

[Laura Ingalls Huntley]

No: HPFGUIDX 87083

bboy_mn:
> Perhaps Luna and Hermione aren't so much polar opposites as they are
> different sides of the same coin.

Don't you mean different sides of the same author? ^_~ I definitely got 
the impression that Luna and Hermione both are authorial inserts.  
Which, of course, solves the age-old SHIPping conundrum -- that is, is 
JKR more likely to pair herself with Harry or Ron.  Now, she can do 
both! ^_~

It also explains why they do not get along -- people often have the 
biggest conflicts with other people who are actually a lot like 
themselves. (And could I have found a more awkward way to put that?)

Melissa:
> Being a big Luna fan, I have thought about this quite a bit. Luna is 
> interrupted twice. First, in the Hog's Head, she is talking about 
> Fudge's supposed army of Heliopaths. Someone, Neville I think, asks 
> about this and Hermione immediately starts to challenge the idea that 
> Heliopaths exist. I believe Luna is about to give evidence, which 
> would obviously further annoy Hermione and which is not why all of 
> these people have gathered in the Hog's Head to begin with, when Ginny 
> interrupts Luna's explanation with her "Hem hem" imitation of 
> Umbridge. I know it's been stated that often interruptions are 
> significant. <snip>

Maybe Ginny interrupts the conversation because *she's* a heliopath!! 
You know, it ties right in with her red hair and her . . . erm . . . 
sudden portrayal as a Mary Sue type character. (Heh, sorry, couldn't 
help myself.)

Laura