CHAPDISC: DH20, Xenophilius Lovegood - Location of Home

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 182913

---  "pea22407" <captivity at ...> wrote:
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> 7.  Xeno has a daughter. Not a son. Ron didn't really notice
> girls until right around the Tri-Wizard tournament, so it 
> makes sense for him not to be terribly interested in the 
> female daughter of a neighbor.  And after that, he really 
> did look down on Luna and probably wasn't too fussed to find
> out exactly where her house was.
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> ...

bboyminn:

Just a minor comment on this. Keep in mind that even if the
Weasley and the Lovegood kids go together for a play date at
either place or the place of a third party, they would have a
sense of the location itself, but not the space in between.

Likely they would have gotten together via Floo Network, which
means unlike traveling by car or train, they would have no
sense of the space in between, and the relative location of
each place. 

So, while they might be familiar with the woods and land
around either's house, they would have no sense of the land,
space, distance, or time connecting them. 

Does that make sense?

Though, Ron doesn't seem familiar with Luna when he meets 
her, so likely they never got together as kids. But Ginny
might have traveled to Luna's house for an occasional
play date, or the two of them might have traveled to the
house of a third party to play.

But the point is, using the Floo Network, you have a sense
of the place on either end, but no comprehension of the
space in between.

Again, does that make sense?

Also, I grew up in a rural community, so I know that farm kids
are pretty self-sufficient. They play with their brothers and
sisters and maybe the nearest neighbor, and they are content
with that. Certainly, when the enter school their social 
world expands, but prior to that, they mostly hang close to
the farm. 

Given the Weasley's large family, I suspect they were very 
much self-contained.


Steve/bboyminn