OoP: Luna and the Ravenclaws (was Re: OoP: Evans kid & Loony Loopy Luna)

[Liz Muir]

No: HPFGUIDX 62527

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Charles Phipps" <tcp at z...> 
wrote:
> I think one needs to note that the merits of intelligence are 
simply 
> as one defines oneself vs. ones actual intelligence itself.  
> 
> Harry Potter could have been in Ravenclaw, "not a bad mind"
> 
> And Percy by all straights could have been in Ravenclaw as well as 
> Hermione (who was probably a close shave).  In fact one would note 
> that Ron is a very intelligent young man (plays Chess as a master 
and 
> is very intuitive)
> 
> I think a key point of Ravenclaws is that they define their minds 
> above the other attributes that the rest of the Houses do.  They're 
> intellectuals not just intelligent.

But that's exactally my point!! All of the Ravenclaws we've seen so 
far, with Luna as an exception, have been defined by who they are 
going out with. There have been no strong Ravenclaws at all. We've 
not seen the old Ravenclaw intellect in action as much as we have the 
obvious traits of other houses.

People in other houses have always reflected the quality of their 
house, sometimes some from the other houses, but I dare say that we 
haven't seen intelligencia behavior from Cho Chang. And also the 
serious lack of Ravenclaws bothers me.

Rowen