[HPforGrownups] OOP SHIP: Luna/Ron leads to Ron/Hermione?

[Laura Ingalls Huntley]

No: HPFGUIDX 65491

Melete-BlueAsrai:
>I must admit I love Luna Lovegood despite her name. 
>She is wonderful perhaps one of my favorite characters
>now.  Can I see her shipped with Ron or anyone else
>i.e. Neville or Harry? It would certainly be nice to
>have her paired up in some way.  She is so eccentric,
>wise...a veritable trickster almost or perhaps more
>like Shakespeare's fools in his plays (Twelth Night
>among others).  I do think she fancies Ron (and who
>can blamer her) and has that wonderful insight that
>she gives to Harry at just the right moments.  And as
>far as Neville goes perhaps its just cute too imagine
>such silly-shallow but actually quite deep characters
>together.
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I agree that Luna is an interesting and multi-faceted character.  
Although I was very wary of her at first (I find that I can be quite 
unforgiving of new characters), I was quite sold on her by mid-
book.  And, of course, my heart went out to her in the last chapter, 
when we learn just how horribly she is persecuted by her fellow 
students.

I also agree with you (and numerous other listies) who think she is 
interested in Ron.  This, combined with the fact that she is often 
described as Hermione's opposite, has given me the sinking suspicion 
that she is going to be used as a sort of wake-up call for Hermione.

Granted, from what I can see, Ron is the one needs the wake-up call 
for the R/H relationship to occur. However, I think Luna might be 
used to spur Hermione into becoming more proactive in getting Ron.

Obviously, this saddens me, as I liked her quite a bit and feel that 
she deserves more.

On the other hand, as an H/H shipper I recognize that the sooner the 
R/H relationship starts, the sooner it can be over with, and that 
Luna may very well be the spark that starts the *inevitable* (^_~) 
chain of events that leads to the life-long H/H romance. 

Laura (who would like to stress that the last sentence was said 
partially in jest, and who would like to state for the record that 
she knows that *no one* knows which, if any, SHIP will be victorious)

P.S. Although I think the Ron/Luna SHIP is doomed, I do believe that 
she would be VERY good for him.  Ron, having been stewed in the 
prejudices and narrow-mindedness of the wizarding world, needs her 
to loosen up.  He's far too concerned with appearances and 
being "normal".