Luna Lovegood

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 90780

Kathy King wrote:
> > I've recently been thinking a lot about Luna. I haven't heard many
> > negative thoughts on her, only 'ship type issues. Anyway, I was 
> > thinking more of her as being bad. When I was thinking back at 
> > the first time that all the kids were in the death room, Luna 
> > seemed to be the only one truly unaffected by the veil. Yes, she 
> > commented on it but in a way that appeared provoking. All 
> > the others where either entranced to some degree or in Hermione's 
> > case scared of it, yet Luna didn't appear to be either of those. 
> > More like she was egging Harry on. When Harry was calling for 
> > Sirius through the veil, Luna said "There are people in there!" 
> > Hermione said "There isn't any 'in there, its just an archway, 
> > there's no room for anybody to be there."
> > 

> Sawsan wrote: 
> I doubt it Kathy. Luna is pretty strange, but I don't think she is
> evil. She just believes in things that have not been proven, which
> always provokes Hermione into some sort of argument about how it
> couldn't be true etc. SO the scene at the veil is probably another
> of Hermione's rantings of how Luna is ludicrous, or perhaps Hermione
> feels that the veil could be dangerous and wanted to pull as many of
> her friends away from it before they got too drawn into it. Hermione
> cannot hear the voices apparently, but she couldn't see thestrals
> either; so that proves that perhaps Luna knows about stuff that just
> isn't written in books. Yeah I think she can go overboard, but that
> doesn't mean she's a complete nutter. 

Siriusly Snapey Susan here:
I concur w/ what Sawsan has said.  I DON'T think Luna was egging 
Harry on at all.  I think Luna has this laaaaid back, calm demeanor 
which is very different from most other kids.  It's not that she's 
complacent but she's...I don't know, less emotional? even-keeled? 
what the hell word am I looking for, folks??  Maybe I'm letting Jim 
Dale's interpretation of Luna color my impressions, but he just 
always has her saying things in a dreamy sort of slow, calm 
voice....  Anyway, things don't seem to "get to" her, and she seems 
to perceive things differently than her peers.  She, frankly, gets on 
my nerves a little, but I don't think it means she's necessarily nuts 
nor at all that she's a "bad guy".  

Siriusly Snapey Susan