Could Mrs. Lovegood be....Florence?

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 105729

I'm suspicious when JKR doesn't give first names, specifically with 
women characters. Case in point is the mysterious Mrs. Lestange in 
GOF, who later turns out to be a crucial character. Mrs. Crouch is 
another mystery, but I think JKR did that for characterization, 
portraying her as so passive compared to Mr. Crouch that she doesn't 
even warrant a first name.

So now I'm thinking Florence was re-introduced in OOTP, in a form we 
wouldn't recognize immediately, as Luna's mom. The age would be 
about right, Neri figured out in post #105642 that Florence was 
probably two years older than the Maruaders, and thus could have 
followed a similar time-line as the Potters for getting married, 
having Luna, etc. 

Now, how this might be significant to the story....

Maybe Luna's real father is Lupin, and Mr. Lovegood is Luna's step-
father. Say Florence Lovegood left Lupin during the First War 
because she suspected he was a spy, then quickly discovered she was 
pregnant. Not wanting Luna to find out her father was a traitorous 
spy, she took Lovegood's name for both of them after re-marrying. 
But Remus was her first love and spy or no, she named her daughter 
Luna after him. By the time she discovers Remus isn't a spy, he's 
long gone & teaching in another country and she's married to Mr. 
Lovegood. 

Another thought is Florence Lovegood worked with Lily at the DOM and 
was involved in researching the protection for Harry at Godric's 
Hollow. Later, experiments on the power of loving sacrifice ended in 
her death. 

Then there's the much-speculated Snape connection: if Snape was the 
one Florence was kissing behind the greenhouse, and she later 
spurned him to marry Mr. Lovegood, this might have sent Snape over 
the Dark-Arts edge into Voldemort's camp.

Any other wild speculation on this topic?!?

Jen, who doesn't think JKR would bother creating the mysterious 
Florence if she wasn't going to be important later on.