Is Luna Lovegood the anti-Hermione?

[paul_terzis]

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> Pat wrote:
> 
> I love Luna's character.  She does seem to fill in the missing 
> pieces of personality that Hermione lacks.  It was fun to watch 
> Hermione's attitude toward her change--at first she was entirely 
> annoyed with anything Luna did or said, but by the end, even 
though 
> she thought she was still a bit wacky, she refrained from making a 
> snide comment when Luna said where she and her dad were going on 
> holiday.
> 
> I don't know about anything romantic with Luna/Harry or Luna/Ron.  
> But I do think she will be the person who gives Harry permission, 
so 
> to speak, to open up about his grief as well as his anger.  
Hermione 
> is very perceptive--as we saw with her explanation to the boys 
about 
> what girls are thinking and feeling.  But when Harry has a 
problem, 
> she's ready to jump in and fix it.  Luna seems more likely to just 
> let him talk, with a few comments to let him know that she 
> understands--such as their conversation at the end about ghosts 
and 
> about the voices behind the veil.  Right now, Harry needs a good 
> listener, and I think that is going to be Luna.
> 
> Pat
> > 
> > 

I agree 100% that Luna is the exact opposite of Hermione. She is 
aloof and certainly a non-rational person. I can't see her as the 
catalyst of Harry's redemption. Yes she was unwillingly helpful at 
the end of OOTP, by creating feelings of pity from Harry to her. But 
she was only a deus ex machina in order to de-escalate the tension 
of the main character and the readers and give an optimistic note 
for the future. Instead Hermione is virtually living inside Harry's 
mind, heart and soul. Don't get me wrong this is not a shipping 
comment. We know that his conscience is talking with Hr's voice. We 
also know that in almost every case he acts having Hr's opinion for 
him in his mind. She knows him and understands him better than 
anyone else, and vice versa. So it is logical to assume that 
Hermione will  be the key player if not the sole player for Harry's 
survival and redemption.

Cheers,
Paul