OOP.......Luna as the Weasley cousin

[Milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 63082

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Mark D." <uncmark at y...> wrote:
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> I loved Luna as an unexpected wildcard in the OOP story. We only 
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> Cho as a Ravenclaw and it was great having JKR bringing an original 
> unexpected element into the story. Points to consider:
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> 1. Ginny knows Luna already at the start of OOP. Is Luna one of the 
> Lovegood's that Amos Diggory and Arthur Weasley mentioned as living 
> near Ottery St. Catchpole in GoF? I imagine she was a friend of 
> Ginny's growing up with only a few wizarding families in the area.
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Good observation! I forgot about the Lovegoods near Ottery St. 
Catchpole. Ginny might also know Luna from a shared class. Maybe 
Ginny's year shares Potions with the Ravenclaws?

> 2. There was a rumored Weasley cousin cut from GoF. Could it be her?
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I think if Luna were their cousin, the Weasley's would have 
acknowledged it. On the other hand, Ron never mentioned Sirius was 
Arthur's second cousin once removed. But then, Luna isn't a reputed 
murderer, betrayer of the Potters and alleged Death Eater...

> 3. Her 'fantastic' beliefs are often ignored by the others at 
> Hogwart's, but are there any real limitations with magic? With a 
> Department of Mysteries at the MoM (which Luna seemed quite 
> comfortable with) is there anything too unbelievable for the 
> Potterverse?
Intersting thing about Luna was her comment to Hermione "just because 
you're too narrow minded and need everything shoved under your 
nose..." I think it gives Luna the edge because she can think outside 
of the box, ponder the inponderable(sp?). For example, the thestrals. 
Luna could see them since she first came to Hogwarts. Thestrals 
aren't in their textbook (or my copy of) "Fantastic Beasts". If Harry 
or Luna were to tell Hermione of the thestrals, she would look them 
up in "Fantastic Beasts", find there are no record of them and 
conclude Harry and Luna are hallucinating, because they "don't 
exist". But they do, despite the fact they are not included 
in "Fantastic Beasts".

~Milz