OOP: Luna -- also Ships, Career Choice and a FILK

[marephraim]

No: HPFGUIDX 64508

Geeze this list is afire with posts these days (thank goodness 
they're not coming by owls or we'd all have a terrible mess to clean 
up!

phoenixtears wrote:
> "ugadawg02" <ugadawg02 at y...> wrote:
> >
> >Is it possible too she is another possible match for Harry's 
> >girlfriend? 
> >
[snip,snip,snip]
> >
> >To me at least this hints at feelings growing for Luna, and 
perhaps 
> >Harry has outgrown his crush on Cho as there are lines indicating 
his 
> >emotions for her are no longer as strong as they were in the 
past, 
> >while showing new, perhaps as he ages, deeper feelings growing 
for 
> >Luna?nbsp;nbsp; 
> >
> 
> Paige Woods' Reply: 
> 
> Oh, I saw that too! But Harry had just got done throwing a 
tantrum about Sirius, and he hadn't talked about Sirius' death yet. 
But in that scene Harry probably wanted to see another perspective 
and not think about the death. But, what I got from those last few 
pages is that Harry is getting another friend...not girlfriend-type 
feelings. May I remind you that Harry felt almost the same for 
Hermione when she was turned into a cat in second year and when 
Draco's enlargement charm enlarged Hermione's teeth in fourth 
year...see, I just think that Luna could be a potential friend to 
the trio and that's just it. <

MarEphraim continues the discussion...

IMO, Harry is comfortable speaking to Luna about this because he 
knows she can see Thestrals, having experience with death, and has 
shown herself to be serene most of the time -- a quality which Harry 
has been sadly lacking throughout. He also chooses to speak with 
Luna because there is a bit of emotional distance between them. Yes, 
it helps that she has already become a friend to them all.

On the shipping front, no, no, no! Luna will go after /Ron/. She 
stares at him on the train, laughs overexumberantly at his jokes, 
and sits at the Three Broomsticks humming "Weasley is our King." 

The girl has got Ron-on-the-brain, I tell you!

Now this /could/ mean that JKR is opening the door for a H/Hr 
scenario, or it could mean that Luna will be the catalyst to finally 
get the R/Hr ship moving (leaving the door open either for a 
Harry/Luna ship or the much beloved H/G ship).

Note about Harry's Career Choice: as I understood her, JKR said 
today that the scene with Prof McGonagall regarding career choice 
gave a clue to something that 'might' (I believe her exact word 
was "could") prevent him from pursuing his desires career-wise. 
Thus, it could be his performance in one of serveral classes, or it 
could well be his lack of control regarding his emotions ... (hello?)

--- 

(and now a brief FILK to the tune of "bringing in the 
sheaves")

Weasley is our King
Luna would be Queen
Hermione will be hexing things
If Luna is his queen.

Weasley is our King.
Hermy's plotting
To keep the boy who drives her mad
'cause Weasley is her king.