Luna's Dad

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No: HPFGUIDX 182373

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:
>
> > Carol raises her hand:
> > I 'gree with zgirnius. Harry and Hermione, though perhaps not Ron,
> > sympathize with Xeno and hope he doesn't go to prison. He had
> > courageously supported Harry through the Quibbler, but when his
> > beloved only child is kidnapped by DEs and threatened with death, 
he
> > knuckles under, not only printed the pro-Voldie version of events 
but,
> > after an apparent struggle with his conscience, betraying Harry's
> > presence to the DEs in hopes of getting his Luna safely back. Not
> > admirable but understandable. Luna is everything to him. <SNIP>
> 
> Alla:
> 
> I sort of agree with Carol and zgirnius. In a sense that I do not 
hate 
> Xeno and totally understand his decision. And yeah, I am pretty 
sure 
> that I would have chosen the life of my child had I been forced to 
make 
> that choice.
> 
> BUT if I had any rational thoughts in my mind left I would knew 
that 
> there is no way the gang of torturers and killers would let my 
child go 
> and yeah, I think I would have hated myself very much for deciding 
to 
> put another kid as a sacrifice to those torturers and killers.
> 
> I guess what I am trying to say that I understand Xeno, but by no 
means 
> I can respect him.
> 
> I am telling myself that there was no rational thought left in his 
mind 
> when he decided to betray the Trio and that is an excuse for him in 
my 
> mind - his anguish for his daughter, etc.
> 
> And yes, I find it amazing indeed that Hermione was so 
compassionate to 
> Xeno that she managed to think of justifying him in DE eyes.
> 
> I am amazed at her selfless behavior, yes. I do not know if I would 
> have spared Xeno a thought knowing that he was ready to sell me 
out, 
> had I been in Trio's place.
> 
> JMO,
> 
> Alla

While I disagree with Xeno's actions, I can understand them; I think 
that Luna and Xeno are extremely close and he'd do just about 
anything for her.  

At the same time, he's portrayed as having even less street-smarts 
than Luna, which makes his actions of printing pro-Harry material 
while Luna's _at Hogwarts_ more-or-less consistent with his 
character.  Someone with more low cunning would have probably pulled 
Luna out of Hogwarts as soon as the DEs' new regime started showing 
its true colors.