Could Mrs. Lovegood be....Florence?

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No: HPFGUIDX 105882

Jen speculated:
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.

Neri:
Peeves once called Lupin "looney". However, it would hardly be a 
loving gesture by Mrs. Lovegood to name her daughter after her 
father's boggart. BTW, there's another explanation for the name Luna. 
Luna's character may be JKR's homage to Maria Merryweather, the 
heroine of Elisabeth Goudge's "The Little White Horse". JKR told us 
many times that this was her favorite book as a girl (it also appears 
on the bookshelf in her website, together with Austen's, Sayers' and 
Doyle's). The similarities between the two characters are quite 
obvious: Maria is described as a dainty girl with a penetrating 
stare. She's an orphan who has a special connection with the 
deceased, she doesn't discriminate between imagination and realty, 
and she's a natural horsewoman. Maria also has a special connection 
with moonlight, which explains Luna's strange name. And of course the 
name Luna enables JKR to use the Looney joke with her.

Jen:
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.

Neri:
I like this idea even without the Florence connection. The "Love" in 
the Lovegood is suggestive of the power-behind-the-locked-door. 
Interestingly it is Luna in the DoD who tries to tell us what could 
be in the locked room.

Neri