[HPforGrownups] Luna, Hagrid, Thestrals

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 82060

On 2 Oct 2003 at 1:38, Dave wrote:

>   Hi, How is everyone tonight?  Anyway, I've got a question about OP.
>  In OP pg 762, when talking about the Thestrals, Luna says "Hagrid
> says they're very good at finding places their riders are looking
> for".  However, on pg 438 Hagrid says "I've been keepin' a couple o'
> creatures saved fer yer O.W.L. year.  As Luna is a fourth year, how
> would she know what Hagrid said about the thestrals?

Well, she seems to know a fair bit amount them - my idea is that she realised she 
could see them and nobody else seemed to be able to (relatively few Hogwarts 
students have hopefully seen death). She may have sought out Hagrid (in one of 
his official roles) as her most available source of information about them - Hagrid, 
to me, seems the type of person who if confronted with a young girl who'd lost a 
parent and was seeking information would be likely to tell her what she wants to 
know, even if it was something he'd normally leave till later.


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