Luna Lovegood

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 90878

Chris wrote:
<snip> I wonder about the appearance of Loopy Luna in OotP, she plays a 
major part in the book, and nearly all the previous books major 
characters have re-appeared in other books, unless they were killed. 
So other than someone's potential date, I wonder how she will fit 
into Books 6 & 7. I think the Quibbler may still have a big role to 
play. 

Carol:
I think her "Lunacy" will prove to be sanity at some point. Maybe
she'll teach Hermione to rely a little more on intuition or faith (not
religious faith, but belief in something that's not written in a book
or present to her senses). Luna sees Thestrals without fearing them
and senses the presence of the dead beyond the Veil, so she presents a
different perspective on reality from practical, sensible, bookworm,
Muggle-born Hermione. Maybe the revelations will start small, like the
discovery that (surprise!) Crumple-Horned Snorkacks are as real as
dragons or Blast-ended Skrewts. Not that I think she's right about
Fudge having an army of heliopaths or ordering goblins cooked into
pies, but I do think her peculiar way of seeing things will prove
important, as will the rune connection. (Maybe, as I said in another
post, she'll point out to Hermione that Harry's scar is an eihwaz rune
and send Hermione scurrying to the library.) Or maybe, given the
Thestrals and the Veil and the conversation with Harry at the end of
OoP, she's somehow connected with the idea of death and Harry's
understanding of it. There's also the matter of Luna's Ollivander-like
eyes. I wouldn't be surprised if she's his granddaughter on her
mother's side. Or could there be a connection between "Loony" Luna and
"Loony Loopy Lupin"?

Carol