OOP: Phoenix thoughts

[Dan Feeney]

No: HPFGUIDX 63521

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "medeacallous" 
<medeacallous at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
> wrote:
> 
> <snip>
>  
> > Luna Lovegood and Tonks make me smile every time I 
> > think about them. They're not terribly original? People, that's 
> the 
> > point! They're real live honest-to-canon incarnations of  fan fic 
> > characters: Mary  Sue in her space-case and gutsy-klutzy 
> > avatars, and I love 'em. IMO, they're JKR's tip of the hat to the 
> > fans, and I, for one, am highly amused.
> 
> 
> > 
> > Pippin
> 
> Oh, I agree!!!  I was actually thinking (of Luna at least) that it 
> might be a cameo, of a friend of JKR's, or maybe her daughter??
> 
> MC

Actually, I knew someone very like Luna Lovegood in public school, in 
grade 6, in fact. She wore black robes (really), read adult fiction 
(the latest bestsellers in 1972) and did odd things, like write 
initials in the sand at recess and claim they were the initials of 
the person she would eventually marry. She was odd, smart, pretty, 
and ostracized. But her family moved alot, and she stayed at our 
country school less than a year. I quite liked her, and she was 
certainly memorable. 

Thought the black-robed girl when reading earlier HP books. She does 
indeed provide some relief from scholarly, rational Hermione, angsty 
(now) Harry, and good ole everyman Ron. 

And which of us doesn't know (or hasn't dated) a Tonks of some 
calibre or another, with pleasant memories?