Luna's Name (was: Re: Pippin, you've done it again!)

[goodnight_moon5]

No: HPFGUIDX 82812


> 
> Iggy here:
> 
> If you also play with the names, you have more fun.  (That is, if 
this
> scenario would be the one to play out...)
> 
> Luna:  A historical name for the moon, the cause of a werewolf's 
change and
> often considerer it's bane since the moon turns them into an animal 
and
> reveals the secret of who they are.
> Lovegood:  Love-good.  Someone who either loves well, or loves the 
side of
> good.
> 
> 
> Luna will be the one to reveal Lupin as the traitor and, 
ultimately, be
> Remus' downfall.



Have you ever read The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge? It was 
JKR's favorite book as a child.  The main character in that book is a 
Moon Princess.  In the story, there is one Moon Princess per 
generation who is chosen and given an opportunity to fulfill a 
prophecy made in the time of Edward I - to rid the Dark Forest of the 
evil people who live there and free her kingdom and it's people from 
evil.  Of course, THIS moon princess (Maria) succeeds, but since the 
prophecy every single other Moon Princess has failed.  (We meet a 
former Moon Princess in the story named Loveday Minette, called so 
because all Moon Princess "love the day".)  Part of the prophecy is 
that the Moon Princess must marry a man "beneath" her.  

To me, Luna Lovegood is very like the female character in The Little 
White Horse in temperment and personality.  Luna=Moon (of course, we 
all know) and I believe Lovegood is a hint at Loveday.  I think in 
Potterverse _that_ Luna is JKR's own version of a "moon princess" and 
after reading TLWH, I'm wondering about a future Harry/Luna ship. 
If "Love" is the power in the Dept. of Mysteries, the power the Dark 
Lord "knows not", who better than a Lovegood to have on your side? 
And most would see Luna as "beneath" Harry.

BTW, Goudge wraps up everyone's stories VERY nicely in the end (all 
with "ships) - they all live and die happily ever after.  I've heard 
that JKR has written the final ending of her characters as well. 

FWIW, the Moon Princess ends up defeating THEM (the evil men) by 
making peace (in a way) and utterly reforming them.  She does so in a 
powerful and brave way, not in Chamberlainesque peacemaking, so the 
book is quite exciting. In fact, she reforms everyone around her - 
her guardian, the former Moon Princess, her governess, and even the 
local Parson.  (I don't think the dwarf is reformed, but he didn't 
really need it.)  

BTW, if we want to draw too many parallels between JKR's favorite 
childhood book and the HP saga, Dumbledore defeated a dangerous Dark 
Wizard ONE generation ago and Harry is prophesied to defeat a Dark 
Wizard in THIS generation.  I suspect Harry is destined to defeat the 
FINAL Dark Wizard and free the wizarding world of evil, in Moon 
Princess fashion... perhaps bringing peace and not death as he 
worries?

Lauri B