OOP Loony Luna (also Cho and Ginny)

[Mark D.]

No: HPFGUIDX 62333

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In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Alon van Dam" 
<alanphoenix1 at h...> wrote:
> Well, Luna /does/ make Harry feel less insane in the carriages, 
>she gets his interview published (which starts turning people 
> towards his side), she joins the Triad, Neville and Ginny to the 
> Ministry and reassures Harry, like Dumbledore did in PoA, that 
> the dead who loved us are never truly gone. 

Luna's a great character and while some probably consider her only 
comedy relief, she stands out above the other Ravenclaws as she 
stood by Harry. Despite her 'flakyness' she realized the 
importance of Harry's DA club. 

You may make jokes about Loony Luna, but apart from most of the 
DA's she has seen death and I'm guessing she understood the 
severity of standing beside Harry. She joined in the rescue mission 
(something I hoped an older more prominent Ravenclaw had done) and 
must have realized they were facing probable death.
 
I don't want to badmouth Cho too much, but she didn't show herself > 
well in OOP. She liked Harry, but mostly wanted to talk about 
herself or Cedric. Did she ever ask Harry to talk about himself?

She seems a little too self-absorbed and was quick to get jealous 
of Hermione. Did she never even ask Harry about his friendship with 
Ron and Hermione? 
 
Did Cho even understand the importance of her choosing Marieta 
over Harry? She was angry that Hermione jinxed the DA Members from 
telling (jealousy again) but did she realize the severity of 
Marieta's betrayal? She could have been expelled along with the 
rest of The DA! Concerning Uxbridge and Fudge's paranoia they could 
have ended up in Azkaban.
 
Agreed Harry is more dense than most 15 year old boys. The 
argument of Him and Cho could have easily been avpoided if either 
communicated better. Personally she was quick to choose someone 
else and probably in the end is not a good match for Harry. She did 
not stand beside him at the MoM nor was she among the DA members 
that defended Harry on the Hogwart's Express. 
 
I don't want to turn this into a SHIP, but I think Luna might be a 
good match for Harry in the end. In the last chapter Harry noticed 
that like him she also knew what it was like to face ridicule and 
teasing.

Also Ginny has certainly grown up off page. She has not waited 
pining for Harry, but has her first boyfriends in OOP (several we 
know of). She trained secretly in Quidditch and is at least as 
good a seeker as Cho, if not Harry. She has the respect of Ron, 
Fred, and George concerning the BatBogey curse which was strong 
enough to take out Malfoy.

UNEXPECTED TWISTS all around! All in All OOP was a great book and 
not at all what I expected. My niece and I wrote down several 
predictions for the book. We were both almost completely off and 
couldn't be happier.