[HPforGrownups] Luna and the Trio (Re: FINALLY someone else notices...)

[Eric Oppen]

No: HPFGUIDX 82306



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> >
> > Jen: (laughing)You do have a way of putting things, urghiggi!
> >
> > My hope, though, is that the Trio will understand and accept Luna
> for
> > her gifts without any *tangible* proof.

Hear, hear!  *banging butterbeer mug on table in applause*

> >
> > I've read on here before that Hermione represents the Mind, Ron the
> > Heart, and Harry the Soul. To be successful in their quest, they
> need
> > to now include Luna, the Intuition. She is the missing piece from
> > Harry's equation, the power he denies himself every time he runs
> into
> > an adventure without consulting his internal compass.

This is a very good point.  Previously, he didn't need anything like that,
but now that Lord Thingy is back, and has already demonstrated an ability to
play with his mind, he's going to need all the intuition he can get.


> >
> > He turns to Hermione for knowledge, Ron to love him like a brother,
> > and now he needs Luna to remind him to calm down and trust his
> > instincts. Only then will Harry finally be the "One with the Power
> to
> > Vanquish the Dark Lord."
> >
> > And Harry, at least, is recognizing Luna for who she is. I don't
> > think Ron is far behind, and even Hermione admitted that "real
> > Prophecies exist" so she'll come around if she can suspend her
> > reality a bit.

*mini-sigh*
Why, WHY are people so everlastingly skeptical about Crumple-Horned
Snorkacks?  Compared to a lot of the critters in _Fantastic Beasts and Where
to Find Them_ (which I doubt is the last word on the subject) they sound
fairly mundane.  I admit, Luna does come across as a person with a bad case
of _glaubenwunsch_ (will to believe despite all) but that doesn't make the
stuff in the _Quibbler_ wrong.

Matter of fact, I noticed that the articles we saw _did_ contain a kernel
apiece of truth:  Sirius WAS innocent, and Cornelius Fudge WAS misusing his
office.  I wonder---does the WW have censorship or freedom of the press?  If
it lacks freedom of the press, even if Mr. Lovegood was aware that Something
Was Not Right, publishing it in the _Quibbler_ straight out could have
resulted in a visit to Azkaban.  Or at least a whopping fine, and as a man
with expensive hobbies, he can't afford that.

I wanted to reach into the book, grab Hermione, and ask her why _she_ was so
gosh-durned sure that things like Crumple-Horned Snorkacks didn't exist.

> >
> > But it would be icing on the cake if the heliopaths come marching
> out
> > of the MOM!
>
> That's a great way to include Luna in the upcoming story!  And I am
> one who has wondered why Luna was not on the train.  I had a thought
> that her Dad may have picked her up at Hogwarts on his way to Sweden
> and the hunt for the Crumpled Horn Snorkack.  someone posted in a
> chat room that maybe her dad was killed by DE's for printing the
> story about Harry and stating that LV had returned. Luna's dad may
> have gotten a quick quill note off telling her he was in danger and
> she took a threstral home to help.
> Fran

Simple explanation #1:  She was sitting with her fellow Ravenclaws, the ones
who are nice to her (I can't believe the house I get sorted into every time
I take a sorting test is all mean to her!)

Simple explanation #2:  She was with the rest of the DA, but at the time of
the Malfoy Incident, she had gotten up to find the little witches' room,
sighing in relief that Moaning Myrtle was nowhere near.

Simple explanation #3:  If you'll notice, Scotland is on a fairly direct
route from where we think she lives (it's apparently generally accepted that
Ottery St. Catchpole is somewhere in the West Country, or Devon
specifically, based on the "Ottery" element in the name) to Sweden.  Mr.
Lovegood could have collected his daughter and headed right off to Sweden
from Hogwarts.

--Eric, who wonders just how much Luna tells her Daddy about her adventures
during the year.  I liked a line I found in a fanfic:  "I want to tell my
Daddy---but not the editor of _The Quibbler._"