Luna's silvery eyes ( Was: Lily Evans Potter)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 161969

Carol:
> Six references to Luna's eyes in her introductory chapter alone. I 
> recall similar descriptions later in OoP and again in HBP but won't
> quote them. The protuberant eyes seem to be peculiar to Luna, but
> note that both her eyes and Ollivander's are described 
> as "silvery" and "misty" and that Harry can see himself reflected 
> in both Ollivander's eyes and Luna's. (Is Luna a natural 
> Legilimens? Or maybe she simply has an uncanny intuitive 
> understanding of Harry.)
> 
> Carol, wondering if anyone else thinks that Luna may be a Seer or
> connected with Ollivander and, if not, what's up with those silvery
> eyes

Jen: I agree with most of your theorizing about Luna except for 
drawing a different conclusion.  After hashing out some ideas on a 
thread post-OOTP, I decided that Luna has an intuitive way of 
reading people rather than having predictive powers in the form of a 
traditional WW Seer.  The fact that JKR made her a Ravenclaw 
indicates that the power of Intuition is another form of 
intelligence and Luna is a complement to Hermione's Intellect, Ron's 
Heart and Harry's Soul.  I won't go into all the details because 
here's a link to the thread:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/84043

If you're not interested in the thread (it's long!), briefly it 
started with the question of whether Luna was from a new group of 
magical beings, a group Harry hadn't officially met before.  I 
didn't think she was (and HBP did nothing to advance that idea),  
but I did wonder if Luna and Ollivander were related along the 
maternal side of Luna's family.  They both have an uncanny ability 
to read people, Ollivander with such accuracy he can help a person 
choose a wand; that must require a great amount of intuition when 
you think of how many wands he has in his shop!  He could pull down 
boxes for days and not find the right wand without being able to 
sense something unique in each person.  

HBP didn't alter my opinion that Luna's gift is reading people 
rather than being a traditional Seer.  Her observations about Ron 
saying 'unkind' things or the girls on the train believing Harry 
should sit with 'cooler' people are simply conclusions most people 
could draw and are what Harry refers to as 'a knack for embarassing 
honesty.' (chap. 7).  I read her conversation with Trelawney as 
merely wacky, two slightly eccentric people enjoying a slightly 
eccentric conversation. ;)

I do think Luna and Neville will be back to assist Harry in book 7, 
both offering their unique gifts to the cause.  Perhaps Luna will 
provide some crucial read on Voldemort (or Snape <g>) that
will turn the tide of events, or she alone will remember something 
from the DOM battle to help Harry on his quest.  Harry definitely 
trusts her now and understands she can offer ideas his other friends 
cannot.

Jen