Luna's importance to the series.

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No: HPFGUIDX 94916

Seren wrote:

I posted this at MNI; am I crazy, or does this make sense?

The Sorting Hat has spoken of the need for inter-house unity. Now, 
traditionally, we know that Gryffindor is aligned with Hufflepuff; 
conversely, this means Ravenclaw is tradionally aligned with 
Slytherin. We know that at least Draco Malfoy, the archtypal
Slytherin, doesn't look down on Ravenclaw... he says so to Harry in
Madame Malkin's robe shop. In GoF, Rowling reinforces the idea that
Hufflepuff is normally sided with Gryffindor. While Ravenclawers are
not nessecarily all for Slytherin, they are placed side by side.

Luna breaks this. Although we have hints of inter-house mingling
(Ginny and Harry both see Ravenclaws,) Luna openly supports
Gryffindor. And she, like Harry (and Hermione, who could have ended 
up a Ravenclaw,) is unique to their house. Harry, because he could 
have fit into all of the houses. Luna is unique to her house because 
it is built on logic and intelligence, and yet she believes in the
unbelievable. She calmly ignores the nasty behaviour people from her
house shows her, and participates in the Battle of the Department of 
Mysteries. She also helps Harry through his pain of losing Sirius -
for the first time, a character from another house shows true
alignment with Harry, and a Gryffindor.

Luna, moreso than the DA, is the first step to inter-house unity.




Bella responds:

No Seren, you're not crazy! I agree with you that Luna is important. 
But it's not so much that she is more important than the DA. The DA 
is the biggest thing toward house unity so far--bigger than Luna. 

But Luna *is* the first person from another house that the Trio have 
let penetrate their little circle. Really, for a while, we only saw 
the Trio expand to Fred and George and Ginny, and sometimes Percy 
and Neville, before now--and they were all Gryffindors!

But now Luna, the Ravenclaw, has become part of the action. She, in 
a way, knows of the Order (or at least of the people who come to 
Harry's rescue when he needs it). She knows Harry was in contact 
with Sirius and that Sirius is now dead. She knows of a prophecy 
about Harry. So...Luna is a part of things now--the first person 
from another house to be (even if she may have happened to wander 
blindly into it all).

Are there any from other houses that could become part of the group? 
Ernie? Susan? A Slytherin?

I guess we'll have to wait and see!

~Bella